general | March 18, 2026

Here's Who Inherited Larry King's Money After He Died

According to Radar, the drama took the stage not long after King died when his son, Larry King Jr., entered a holographic — or handwritten — will attesting that he wanted those millions to be split up evenly between his five children. But King's ex-wife, Shawn Southwick King (seen above with King and other family members), refuted the validity of the will, claiming that it was obvious that his mental capacity had been impaired when he wrote it. Handwriting expert Peggy Walla backed up the claim, and even said that some of the handwriting on the written will didn't even belong to someone other than the broadcaster. "There was something wonky about his handwriting," she said.

Walla concluded that the holographic will would never have held up in court, so luckily for King Jr. and the other King kiddos, the matter never went before a judge. The case was settled out of court, so as not to get all the interested parties tied up in a messy and highly publicized legal battle.