Larry King (born Larry Zeiger) went from Brooklyn Pauper to King of the Interview. He received favors from Jackie Gleason to President Richard Nixon, he’s been fired, incarcerated, and broke, and had eight marriages to seven different women. The master of “getting the story” tells his in “My Remarkable Life”, a memoir from the man whose suspenders are more famous (and probably older) than some of his recent celebrity guests.

I received this book as a gift and began reading it last night. It’s an easy read and King is super candid in telling his story as well as humorous and I’d be lying if I didn’t also add inspiring. To know someone who never attended college or cared to adopt the same “journalistic” approach as his counterparts can become the “master of the mic” interviewing over 50,000 guests including every American President (since his show Larry King Live started in 1985) along with Hollywood’s elite and world leaders is heartening.

Below is King’s famous interview with Marlon Brando

Larry King recently announced he will hang up his famous suspenders after celebrating his 25th Anniversary on CNN.