Monday, December 24, 2012

Larry King, 'Best Little Whorehouse' writer, dead at 83

LARRY L. KING (NOT LARRY KING) HAS DIED: Larry L. King, a journalist, essayist and playwright, who left Texas as a young man but never abandoned it in his work — turning out profiles of politicians, articles on the flaws and foibles of AmericanThere's a man who's got the broad shoulders and the solid facial hair to really carry a starting staff I once visited Minneapolis at Christmastime. It was gorgeous and warm, nothing like everybody said, including my wife, who said, "Larry, this isThough Larry L. King shared a name with a popular radio and TV host, the writer was a singular Texas raconteur who could be confused with no other. A famed drinker and brawler, King will forever be best known for a 1974 Playboy story about the ChickenNEW YORK (AP) — Larry L. King, a writer and playwright whose magazine article about a campaign to close down a popular bordello became a hit Tony Award-nominated musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" and aSo sad. Famed journalist Larry L. King passed away on Thursday Dec. 20 — he was 83-years-old. Larry L. King, known for being a journalist, essayist and playwright, lost a battle with emphysema, his wife Barbara Blaine said.
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