TV host Larry King died Jan. 23 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 87. In a career spanning six decades, King interviewed a staggering number of celebrities, political leaders, and public figures. He rose to national fame with the launch in 1978 of “The Larry King Show” before moving over to CNN for “Larry King Live,” which ran from 1985 to 2010, when he was famously replaced by Piers Morgan. The chat show was cancelled in 2014.

In a statement, Ora Media said that King “viewed his interview subjects as the true stars of his programs, and himself as merely an unbiased conduit between guest and audience.”