Late TV host Larry King demanded equal split of N15trn fortune among his children

Late TV host Larry King demanded equal split of N15trn fortune among his children

- Late American TV host Larry King left a will which he wrote himself in 2019

- Larry wanted 100% of his fortune to be shared among his children

- The TV host was reportedly worth around N 15 trillion ($50m) when he passed away in January 2021

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A handwritten note said to be the will of late American TV host Larry King has been discovered and it contains how the media personality wanted his fortunes to be distributed among his five children.

The 87-year-old legendary journalist died on Saturday, January 23, after he struggled for months with COVID-19 complications.

TMZ reported that Larry's last will was written on October 17, 2019, two months after he filed for divorce from his seventh wife, Shawn Southwick, whom he married in 1977.

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Larry King wanted his fortune to be divided equally among his children. Photos: @larrykingnow
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Larry demanded that 100% of his fortune should be equally divided among his five children.

He wrote:

"This is my last will and testament. It should replace all previous writings. In the event of my death, any day after the above date, I want 100% of my funds to be divided equally among my children. Andy, Chaia, Larry Jnr, Chance, and Cannor."
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Larry King's handwritten will. Photo: TMZ
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Unfortunately, he lost two of his children Andy and Chaia in 2020.

He shared the news of their deaths on his IG page:

"Andy passed away unexpectedly of a heart attack on July 28th, and Chaia passed on August 20th, only a short time after having been diagnosed with lung cancer."

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The sad news of his death was announced on Twitter by the current Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

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Alhaji Jakande was a former journalist who became governor of Lagos state in Nigeria from 1979 to 1983, and later was minister of works under the Late Sani Abacha military regime.

Sola Oloruni is a Legit.ng journalist with five years of working experience in the media industry. She graduated from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, where she obtained a post-graduate diploma in 2015.

Prior to that, she studied Linguistics and Nigerian Languages at the Ekiti State University, Ekiti, where she obtained her first degree. She is passionate about social development and women’s health.

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