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JEDEDIAH: AMERICA IS MOURNING A
BROADCASTING LEGEND.
RADIO AND TV ICON LARRY KING HAS
PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 87.
THROUGHOUT HIS DECADES-LONG
CAREER, THE FORMER CNN HOST
INTERVIEWED COUNTLESS GUESTS
INCLUDING NANCY GRACE.
>> NANCY GRACE IS OUR SPECIAL
GUEST TONIGHT.
THAT’S NOT UNUSUAL TO HEAR ON
LARRY KING LIVE.
WE THOUGHT WE’D SPEND OUR TIME
LEARNING ABOUT WHO SHE IS.
WHERE’D YOU GROW UP?
>> MACON, GEORGIA.
>> ALWAYS WANT TO BE A LAWYER?
>> NO.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WANTED TO
BE AN ENGLISH TEACHER.
JEDEDIAH: AND NANCY GRACE JOINS
US NOW.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
YOU KNEW LARRY.
YOU GUEST HOSTED FOR LARRY, SO
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US
ABOUT HIM, WHAT YOU KNEW ABOUT
HIM, LOVED ABOUT HIM AND ALL
THAT.
>> WELL, THAT CLIP YOU JUST
PLAYED, JEDEDIAH, WAS VERY DEAR
TO MY HEART.
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD
EVER SPOKEN PUBLICLY ABOUT MY
FIANCE’S MURDER, AND LARRY GOT
ME TO DO THAT.
IN ALL THE YEARS I PROSECUTED, I
NEVER MENTIONED IT.
AND I JUST REMEMBER THAT MOMENT
OF SITTING ACROSS FROM HIM.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I OWE LARRY SO MUCH.
I MEAN, WHO WOULD HAVE EVER
THUNK THAT A GIRL WHO GROUP ON A
RED DIRT ROAD IN MIDDLE GEORGIA
COULD EVER MEET LARRY KING, MUCH
LESS BE ON WITH HIM, MUCH LESS
ACTUALLY SIT IN HIS CHAIR.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR.
AND I’D LIKE TO ALSO POINT OUT
MANAGER A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY
NOT -- SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE
MAY NOT KNOW.
HE WAS THE SAME LARRY ON AND OFF
THE SCREEN.
WHEN HE WOULD GO MEET ALL OF HIS
PALS AT HIS FAVORITE DINER AND
SANDWICH SHOP IN L.A., AND I
WENT THERE WITH HIM AND MET THEM
AND SAT DOWN WITH THEM, HE WAS
THE SAME GUY TO THEM, EVERYBODY
THAT WALKED IN THE DOOR.
AND I THOUGHT IT SPOKE VOLUMES
THAT HIS FRIENDS ARE NOT
HOLLYWOOD TYPES OR CELEBRITIES,
WHICH THEY COULD HAVE BEEN
BECAUSE HE’S SO FAMOUS.
THEY WERE HIS FRIENDS FROM WAY
BACK WHEN IN BROOKLYN.
FRIENDSHIPS THAT LASTED YEARS
AND YEARS AND YEARS.
AND THAT MEANT A LOT TO ME, THAT
HE COULD SPEAK TO ORDINARY
PEOPLE LIKE ME JUST LIKE HE
COULD TO PRESIDENTS AND MARLON
BRANDO AND ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND,
OF COURSE, THE BIGGIES, KERMIT
AND MISPIGGY.
JEDEDIAH: YEAH.
YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE
INTERVIEWED BY HIM AND YOU
OPENED UP TO HIM ABOUT SOMETHING
DEEPLY, DEEPLY PERSONAL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WAS ABOUT
HIS STYLE THAT INSPIRED PEOPLE
TO OPEN UP, BE THEMSELVES AND
TALK ABOUT STUFF WITH HIM THAT
THEY MAY NOT TALK ABOUT WITH
OTHER PEOPLE?
>> YOU KNOW, HE WOULD SIT ABOUT
XX 3 FEET FROM YOU, JUST AS
SMALL AS THIS LITTLE TABLE RIGHT
HERE.
IT WASN’T REALLY A BIG TABLE
LIKE THEY SHOW WIDE SHOTS ON TV
TO MAKE IT LOOK REALLY BIG.
WASN’T LIKE THAT.
HE SAT RIGHT THERE AND LOOKED
RIGHT IN YOUR EYES.
HE WAS TOUCH THE BL, YOU COULD
REACH OUT AND TOUCH HIM.
AND HE NEVER LOOKED AWAY.
HE DIDN’T PRANCE AND PREEN IN
FRONT OF THE CAMERA.
IT WAS NOT ABOUT HIM.
HE REALLY WANTED TO HEAR WHAT
THE OTHER PERSON SAID.
IN FACT, HE SAID I NEVER LEARNED
ANYTHING WHEN I WAS TALKING.
AND HE MAY HAVE DIRECTED THAT AT
ME BECAUSE OUR STYLES ARE VERY
DIFFERENT.
I GET AGGRESSIVE WHEN I’M
TALKING ABOUT A CRIMINAL CASE.
ASK HE HATED PEOPLE TO
INTERRUPT.
SO LARRY, IN A NICE WAY, I MIGHT
ADD, WOULD LECTURE ME ABOUT
INTERRUPTING.
AND I’D TRY, TRY TO CONTROL
MYSELF.
JEDEDIAH: OH, I LOVE THAT.
YOU ARE SET TO PAY TRIBUTE TO
LARRY KING IN A NEW SPECIAL
THAT’S GOING TO AIR TOMORROW ON
FOX NATION.
TELL US ABOUT IT.
>> WELL, WE ARE BRINGING IN
PEOPLE THAT WORKED WITH HIM FOR
YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
ONE OF MY LONGTIME FRIENDS WAS
HIS RESEARCHER, AND SHE KNEW
JUST HOW TO PUT TOGETHER
RESEARCH FOR HIM, WHAT HE WOULD
WANT.
SHE REALLY GOT INTO THE MIND OF
LARRY KING AND HELPED HIM CREATE
THE WONDERFUL STORIES THAT HE
TOLD.
HOW HE CHANGED THE LANDSCAPING
OF TV TALK.
YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT
OF PRETENDERS, A LOT OF
IMPOSTERS.
THERE’S ONLY ONE LARRY KING, AND
THERE WILL ONLY EVER BE ONE
LARRY KING.
AND THE FACT THAT HE HELPED ME
LAUNCH MY CAREER MEANT THE WORLD
TO ME.
WHEN I MOVED TO NEW YORK, I KNEW
NOBODY.
I WENT TO LAUNCH THIS PROGRAM
WITH JOHNNIE COCHRAN, COCHRAN
AND GRACE, AND LARRY BASICALLY
PLUCKED ME OUT OF SECURITY AND
HELPED ME MAKE A CAREER.
I OWE HIM BIGTIME.
NOT A BAD WORD WILL EVER COME
FROM MY LIPS ABOUT LARRY KING.
[LAUGHTER]
JEDEDIAH: WELL, WE LOVE THAT
YOU’RE HERE WITH US TODAY AND
YOU’VE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE YOUR
EXPERIENCES WORKING WITH HIM.
WE’RE DEFINITELY GOING TO CHECK
OUT THAT FOX NATION SPECIAL
THAT’S GOING TO AIR TOMORROW.
EVERYONE CHECK THAT OUT ON LARRY
KING ALONG WITH NANCY’S LATEST