In 2015 The New York Timesreported that television commentator Larry King "is obsessed with death." His day begins with reading obituaries, and he ponders "who will give the eulogy at his funeral." He smiles as he thinks it might be Bill Clinton, and then his face becomes blank. "But I won't be there to see it."

He has had "a heart attack, quintuple bypass, prostate cancer, diabetes, and seven divorces." He was 77 years old when the television news station CNN dropped him, and when this happened he really became aware that there will come a day when he dies. When he learned from television of the death of Osama bin Laden, this drove him to jump up on his feet. "I needed to be on the air. I needed a red light to go on." He realized he "had nowhere to go."

To move against aging and death, he takes hormone pills for human growth, four of them each day. He plans on his body to be frozen so that someday he will live again. The New York Times writer reports: "It's nuts, concedes King—but at least it gives him a shred of hope." Larry King says, "Other people have no hope."

Editor’s Note: Sadly, Larry King’s hope ended in January of 2021 when he passed into eternity at the age of 87.