Larry King celebrates his 50th anniversary on television this week and, despite the Virginia Tech massacre and Imus snub, his blow-out party tonight in New York is still on. (King, though, will have to duck out early to host tonight's Larry King Live.) We figured we'd take a look at the icon through photos (like the one [above] taken in December 1971 in Miami, Florida, when King was charged with grand larceny) scattered across the Web.

Some of our favorites: