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Larry King, the TV interviewer, has announced he will retire from his prime time CNN chat show. Mr King, 76 made the announcement in a short post on Twitter. In it, he made a to his fashion: “It's time to hang up my nightly suspenders.” He said he wants to more time with his family and will do his last show in the autumn. King wrote: "I want to share some news with you. 25 years ago, I sat across this table from New York Governor Mario Cuomo for the first of Larry King Live. Now, later, I talked to the here at CNN and I told them I would like to end Larry King Live, the show, this fall and CNN has graciously , giving me more time for my wife and I to get to the kids' little league games.”

The Larry King Live TV show the Guinness Book of World Records for having the longest show with the same host in the same time slot. Mr King might also hold the record for the most number of interviews ever – around 50,000. He chatted to almost every famous person on the , from to presidents to rock stars and sports stars. He says that Nelson Mandela was the most person he has met. King very modestly explained the to his success in his autobiography. He wrote: "All I do is ask questions. Short, questions." The talk is now about who will be his . Mr King himself said: “I'm sure there's a of people who could do it.” He joked” “Come on. It's Q and A."