Facts and interesting data about the CBS "Late Night" host -- collected at Internet Movie Database:
Born at 6:00 a.m. - CST.
Has an older sister named Janice and a younger sister named Gretchen.
Hero is Johnny Carson.
While working as a weatherman in Indianapolis, he once congratulated a tropical storm for being upgraded to a hurricane.
Says he never uses the same tie twice in his show.
Underwent quintuple bypass surgery on 14 January 2000.
Before his heart bypass surgery, he had not missed a day due to illness in his up-to-then 18 years of late-night. [NBC "Late Show w/David Letterman" 1982 - 1993 / CBS "Late Show w/David Letterman" 1993 and still on-air]
Multi-purpose names he uses for any man: "Larry," "Kenny," and "Rodney". Multi-purpose names for women: "Linda".
His father, Joe Letterman, was a florist who died of a heart attack in 1973. Mother Dorothy Mengering remarried in 1983 to Hans Mengering.
He once hosted a game show pilot called The Riddlers (1977) (TV). Its celebrity guests were Joyce Bulifant, Michael McKean, Debralee Scott, Robert Urich and Jo Anne Worley.
He was frequently a celebrity guest on TV game shows of the 1970s, among them "The (New) $25,000 Pyramid" (1973), "The Gong Show" (1976), and "Liar's Club" (1976).
Funds a scholarship at Ball State University, Muncie, IN (his alma mater, class of 1969).
Worked as a grocery bagger in Indianapolis in high school.
Guest hosted "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" 51 times between 1978 - 1992.
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