David Letterman

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Joseph Letterman, and
Dave went fishing quite often when he was young. Dave looked up to his father
tremendously. When Joseph had his first heart attack when he was thirty-six,
Dave and his father started to drift away. Later, Dave's Dad died when he was
fifty-three. One of David's top regrets was never spending a lot of time with
his dad. As for his mother, she is the classical conservative mother of the
fifties. She was always very hard on Dave when he got into mischief in school--
which was quite often. She is still a part of Dave's life, and can be seen
quite often on his show, doing a comedy sketch, or telling audience members what
the temperature was in Lillihammer during the Winter Olympics.
The Reason I feel sorry for Letterman is because of his tragedies of his
past. His Dad's passing was hard enough, but he had other trials to deal with.
Like his mother. She was never really proud of David, constantly reminding him
he was going to fail, and not encouraging him ...

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