TOLDJA! Final episode of Larry King Live ends its final moment with the set going dark and a single spotlight on his microphone.

The final moment of the final episode of Larry King Live today on CNN International (DStv 401) ended exactly as I told you it would RIGHT HERE with the studio lights dimming, the micro dots of the world map backdrop being switched off and only a single spotlight remaining on the iconic RCA microphone in the middle of the talk show host's desk.

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BREAKING. How the final episode of Larry King Live today at 12:00 on CNN International will end. So . . . ''Don't go away.''

Talk show host Larry King (77) will bow out with the final episode of Larry King Live today at 12:00 on CNN International (DStv 401) with the lights dimmed, except for light on the iconic RCA microphone. There will be no guests on the set, except for Larry King himself for a final moment.

Ryan Seacrest tweeted this from the script of the final Larry King Live episode on which he will be a guest, and then deleted it. Although CNN International isn't responding to enquiries about the final episode, I already told you RIGHT HERE that Suze Orman, Donald Trump, Bill Maher and Ryan Seacrest will be guests.

Although Ryan Seacrest deleted his tweet in self censure and CNN International won't give out names, I will. Among those doing tributes to the host hanging up his suspenders will be Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the three American TV news anchors Brian Williams, Katie Couric and Diane Sawyer. Barbara Walters from The View will also have words for Larry King.

''Don't go away.''

Don't miss the penultimate episode today and the very last show on Friday of Larry King Live on CNN International.

Today will be the penultimate episode of Larry King Live on CNN International (DStv 401) at 12:00 South African time. That will be followed by the very last episode of Larry King Live to be broadcast on Friday at 12:00 when the longrunning talk show will end of the suspender-wearing host and his iconic set with a backdrop of a dotted world map composed out of a myriad of micro lights.

And like that dotted world map, Larry King's been speaking to the world and simply everybody for the past 25 years. CNN International didn't respond to enquiries about the final Larry King Live episode that will be broadcast in America in Thursday night and Friday afternoon in South Africa. Ryan Seacrest, Bill Maher, Donald Trump and Suze Orman have been confirmed as guests. There will be 16 in total who include politicians. There will be a surprise performance.

Larry King Live will be replaced by Piers Morgan Tonight in 2011.

BREAKING. Larry King just announced he's ending his Larry King Live talk show on CNN.

In a breaking and developing news story, talk show host Larry King (76) just announced that he's ending his long-running talk show Larry King Live on CNN after 25 years on the air at the global news network.

Larry King Live can be seen in South Africa on CNN International (DStv 401) weekdays at 11:00. His current contract ends in June 2011 but now he'll most probably end his show by the end of November 2010.

 ''Before I start the show tonight, I want to share some personal news with you. Twenty-five years ago, I sat across this table from New York Governor Mario Cuomo for the first broadcast of Larry King Live. Now, decades later, I talked to the guys here at CNN and I told them I would like to end Larry King Live, the nightly show, this fall and CNN has graciously accepted, giving me more time for my wife and I to get to the kids' little league games,'' says the iconic talk show host known for his suspenders.

''I'll still be a part of the CNN family, hosting several Larry King specials on major national and international subjects. I'm incredibly proud that we recently made the Guinness Book of World Records for having the longest running show with the same host in the same time slot. With this chapter closing I'm looking forward to the future and what my next chapter will bring, but for now it's time to hang up my nightly suspenders."

CNN says: ''Just as CNN redefined the news business, Larry King defined the art of the television interview. His candor, curiosity and compassion are legendary, and his ability to interview people from all walks of life - world leaders, celebrities and everyday people - has made him an icon. Having conducted nearly 50 000 interviews over 50-plus years in broadcasting, Larry deserves to take some time for himself and his family. After 25 years at CNN, he will conclude Larry King Live on his own terms, sometime this fall.''

Larry King first announced the news on Twitter of all places. I have that, as well as CNN's internal memo to staff if you click on READ MORE below.

FIRST LOOK! Lady Gaga on Larry King Live today; talks about her ''fascination with death and the demise of celebrity''.

This is how Lady Gaga will look on Larry King Live at 11:00 today (South African time) when she's the guest on Larry King's talk show on CNN International (DStv 401) and they wear inverse black-and-white shirts, ties and suspenders.

In the pre-recorded interview Larry King will ask Lady Gaga about Michael Jackson, and here is some of Lady Gaga's answer: ''He's such an inspiration and remarkable human being. I guess . . . some of my fascination with death and the demise of the celebrity goes along with me watching these hugely iconic and amazing people that I have heralded and admired become destroyed - whether self-destroyed or destroyed by the media."

Fans can also tune in for a tease of Lady Gaga's new ''Alejandro'' music video during this morning's Larry King Live that's a collaboration with Steven Klein.