Larry King Files For Divorce From 7th Wife With Encouragement From Sons

Larry King is once again in the process of getting a divorced from his 7th wife, Shawn Southwick King.

According to TMZ, sources told them that Shawn presented Larry with legal documents that would have given her certain rights to their property that would adversely affect the couple’s 2 sons.

Evidently they felt she was trying to block them out of their inheritance and the boys weren’t having it.

Beverly Hills, CA - TV personality Larry King and his wife Shawn King were seen dining out with their boys Chance and Cannon at Madeo restaurant in Beverly Hills. Pictured: Cannon King, Larry King, Shawn King, Chance King Photo credit: BACKGRID-USA
Pictured: Cannon King, Larry King, Shawn King, Chance King
Photo credit: BACKGRID-USA

Sources say they went to Larry and told him they were outraged by their mother’s conduct — presenting the documents — and pled with him to get out of the marriage and he followed their advice.TMZ reports:

Larry filed divorce docs Tuesday in L.A. Superior Court … pulling the plug on his 22-year marriage to Shawn. The couple does not have any minor children — their 2 sons, Cannon and Chance … are 19 and 20 years old, respectively.

They’ve been down this road at least once before. In 2010, the former CNN host filed for divorce, and it was actually a race to the courthouse — Shawn tried to file first, but Larry’s legal team was faster on the draw. Didn’t matter in the end … he and Shawn eventually reconciled.

They dealt with more marital turmoil in 2016, when they publicly addressed cheating rumors.

The breakup comes on the heels of Larry’s medical crisis in April, where he suffered what doctors described to Shawn as a heart attack.
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This will be 85-year-old Larry’s 8th divorce. He married one of his wives, Alene Akins, twice … that was way back in the 1960s.

The tension in the marriage begin to build around the time Larry was ill. The divorce documents list the date of separation as June 6, 2019.

LarryKingLarry’s been married many times. Let’s check out the history of his unions, via People.

 

FREDA MILLER: 1952-53

Larry married his high-school sweetheart at age 18. The next year, the marriage was allegedly annulled by their parents, who didn’t approve.

ANNETTE KAYE: 1961

For less than one year, Larry was married to Annette, who gave birth to his first son, Larry Jr., in 1961.

ALENE AKINS: 1961-63

Larry was married to Alene, a former Playboy bunny, twice and adopted her son Andy during their first marriage.

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MICKEY SUTPHIN: 1964-67

Mickey, the mother of Larry’s daughter Kelly, divorced him two years after they were married.

ALENE AKINS (AGAIN): 1968-71

During their second marriage, Alene gave birth to their daughter, Chaia

SHARON LEPORE: 1976-83

After he split with Alene, Larry met Sharon a production assistant and former math teacher.

Larry King and Sharon Lepore (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)
Larry King and Sharon Lepore (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)

JULIE ALEXANDER: 1989-92

Julie, a businesswoman, met Larry in 1989. She would become his sixth wife later that year when the two married in Washington. They separated in 1990, two years before they officially divorced.

Circa 1990, American talk show host Larry King with his sixth wife, Julie Alexander. They divorced in 1992. (Photo by Darlene Hammond/Getty Images)
(Photo by Darlene Hammond/Getty Images)

SHAWN SOUTHWICK: 1997-2019

Larry and Shawn, 59, wed on Sept. 5, 1997. They share two sons: Chance, 20, and Cannon, 19.

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Wooh! Those are a lot of wives. Maybe Larry will hang up his tux now and chill on the marriages, or maybe he could be ready for wife number #8. We’ll see.

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