No.4: Larry King
Before becoming a TV icon, Larry King hit rock bottom in the early 1970s. While working as a Miami radio DJ, a scandal cost him his job and income, and he sank into $352,000 of debt.
In 1978, King filed for bankruptcy and considered giving up. But fate intervened when he was offered a late-night radio show in Washington, D.C.—which eventually evolved into Larry King Live on CNN. He went on to become one of America’s most beloved talk show hosts for over two decades.
