Larry King’s widow, Shawn King is contesting a handwritten amended will written by the late talk show host and has gone to court to challenge Larry King Jr.’s move to become a special administrator of the estate. Shawn Southwick King, 61, who was married to Larry King since 1997, is contesting the 2019 will, the Los Angeles Times reported. The document, known as a holographic will, left the radio and television talk show host’s estimated $2 million estate to his five children, the newspaper reported. His children are Larry King Jr. and his two sons with Shawn King: Chance King, 21, and Cannon King, 20. Two of his children from his marriage to his third wife, Alene Akins, died within three weeks of each other in 2020, Us magazine reported. Andy King, 65, died July 28, 2020, from an apparent heart attack, while Chaia King, 51 died Aug. 19, 2020, after battling lung cancer, the magazine reported. Larry King’s document was dated ...
