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Sandy Koufax

I've heard it attributed to Sandy Koufax that he's "never met" Larry King. Can anyone find a reference one way or the other?

Here's a source:

http://www.usatoday.com/community/chat_03/2003-02-20-leavy.htm

Jane Leavy, author of 'Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy' says during a chat with the USA Today Book Club: 

 Gainesville, GA: Would Sandy ever consent to being on the Larry King Show? What an 
 hour that would be!

 Jane Leavy: Not likely considering their divergent accounts of their high-school    
 relationship.

 Dell, OH: Did Sandy really know Larry King?

 Jane Leavy: They attended the same high school in Brooklyn and had friends in common. 
 They were not in the same grade or class and if they knew each other at all, it was  
 not well.

So, can we at least qualify the claim about Larry King & Sandy Koufax being childhood friends?

named after koopa king thing

Took out the "named after koopa kid" thing. It was even taken out on the koopa kid page because it's just fan speculation, and not fact, which is what it's often passed off as in wikipedia.

Radio Show

I distinctly remember (because it was odd phrasing) that, at least in the later years, King's radio show open topic segments were called by him "Open Phones Americas" not "Open Phones America" as it states in this article and others on the Web.

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Anyone listening in early 1987 (after he returned to the air from bypass surg.: March or early April), when he made a bizarre comment about Ecuador? King was suggesting that we could avoid confrontation with other countries (Iran-Contra was just splitting @its seams) by making an example of (as he saw it) a nondescript country like Ecuador: bomb it into oblivion; then whenever another nation got feisty, we could trot out the lesson of Edcuador. "Remember Edcuador," quoth Larry.

I also remember him having Angie Dickinson in the studio & how he used to go on this endless cadence about Duke Zeibert's, a jazzy D.C. bistro. Whatever his faults, Larry was more listenable on radio than on TV.

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Both on radio and on TV, if Larry gets a dead line or prank caller, he will never go immediately on to the next call - he will always ask the guest a question himself, go to a commercial, etc. Some kind of old school avoid two on-air mistakes in a row lest the show grind to a halt thing?

I spent many hours listening to that show. (703) 685-2177

Affair

I can't find a source for the "and I didn't know she was a woman" quote in that paragraph, as it seemed to suggest that he was having an affair with a man. Given misconceptions about his marital history, I tend to think that this was some sort of puerile joke by homophobes or an honest misunderstanding. I've removed that part of the quote, and I felt I should explain why here. I am not normally a wikipedia editor.

The omission of the former section by that name [1] is conspicuous by its absence. I don't really disagree with the removal because it is unsourced, but can't some sourcing be found for it? I'll take a look myself.--JohnnyB256 (talk) 01:14, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ryan Jenkins

Sunday Aug. 23rd. I am watching the Larry King show, and you are discussing the disaperaance of a model. Supposedly killed by her husband Ryan Jenkins. Well at 9:05 pm word is out that he was found dead in a hotel room by suicide. Why aren't you taliking about that. Is the show tapped? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.119.143.132 (talk) 04:12, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Autobiography

What is the name of his new autobiography? He talked about it on Jimmy Kimmel Live! --77.127.199.119 (talk) 18:35, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]


divorce

remvoed divorce claim for the time being. an entertainment blog thats not verifying, but rather reporting that tmz is reporting doesnt even come close to wiki:blp. I'm sure if true there wil be many reliable sources to come so a little patience wont hurt anyone 209.121.225.250 (talk) 01:46, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cryogenic Preservation

I'm not quite sure why this is in the 'Controversial positions' section. It seems like it'd be more appropriate in the 'Personal life' section. Sfazzio (talk) 18:27, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was wondering the same thing. How, exactly, is this a controversial position? --Glenn Xavier (talk) 19:21, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Age

I believe he is at least in his eighties by now, as he was in his sixties twenty years ago. Could someone please verify his age for this website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.243.47.58 (talk) 03:46, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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