Larry King is starting to wear out a path to the altar.

The 63-year-old Washington-based host of CNN's "Larry King Live" will marry 37-year-old Shawn Southwick in Los Angeles on Sept. 5."This is my first besherte," King said Thursday, using the Yiddish word for the one who's truly intended. "When something hits you when you want to spend all your time with her - I never had that before in my life."

Southwick, who has a son, is a Los Angeles businesswoman and entertainer. King said it will be his sixth marriage and Southwick's third.

King said CNN founder Ted Turner will be best man, Marie Osmond will probably sing - Southwick used to sing backup for her - and Al Pacino, who joined them on their first date, will recite a love poem by e.e. cummings.

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King, who is Jewish, and his Mormon bride-to-be haven't yet figured out who will marry them, although King joked that perhaps he should ask Superior Court Judge Lance Ito, who presided in the O.J. Simpson trial.

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