How did Larry King die? Wife Shawn says it was not Covid-19 while recalling last words: 'Take care of the boys'
In what comes as a startling revelation, late Larry King's wife, Shawn King, has reportedly said that the veteran newsman died of sepsis and not coronavirus. The 'Christmas Eve' actress also spoke of her final moments with Larry.
Talking to Entertainment Tonight, the widow said: "We were able to do FaceTime in the hospital and it was hard for him to talk, but the one message that he wanted to make sure I heard was, 'I love you, take care of the boys'." King died at age 87 on January 23 at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
What is sepsis?
WebMD describes sepsis as a deadly condition. "Sepsis is when your body has an unusually severe response to an infection. It’s sometimes called septicemia. During sepsis, your immune system, which defends you from germs, releases a lot of chemicals into your blood."
"This triggers widespread inflammation that can lead to organ damage. Clots reduce blood flow to your limbs and internal organs, so they don’t get the nutrients and oxygen they need. In severe cases, sepsis causes a dangerous drop in blood pressure. Doctors call this 'septic shock'. It can quickly lead to organ failures, such as your lungs, kidneys and liver," the description adds.
The news of his death came as a shocker to the world, but this recent development puts his sixth wife, Julia Alexander's words in question, She had told the post that King had died due to coronavirus which he contracted in December.
"It was an infection, it was sepsis,” Shawn told the site. “Well, he was finally ready to go, I will tell you that. You know, he never wanted to go but his sweet little body was just, it had just been hit so many times with so many things and once we heard the word Covid-19, all of our hearts just sunk. But he beat it, you know, he beat it, but it did take its toll and then the unrelated infection finally is what took him, but boy, he was not gonna go down easily."
King's death came in the middle of divorce proceedings. "Larry and I, you know, we never finalized our divorce,” she noted. “In my heart, I didn’t think it was really going to happen and it never did. We were partners in every sense of the way, in business, and in, well, first in our family and then in business. … You know, the family is the most important thing, and God."
