David Letterman Biography Lifestyle News Facts Impelreport
3 min readJul 6, 2018
Comedian David Letterman is known for his his irreverent sense of humor and groundbreaking shows ‘Late Night with David Letterman’ and ‘The Late Show.’
David Letterman Childhood & Early Life
- David Letterman was born on April 12, 1947 in Indianapolis, Indiana, to father Harry Joseph Letterman, who was a florist, and mother Dorothy Marie Letterman Mengering, who was a secretary for the Second Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis. He has a sister.
- He stayed close to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and was fond of collecting model cars. While growing up, he admired his father’s skills to entertain people with jokes and make a party lively. His father suffered a heart attack when David was a young boy. He eventually died of a second heart attack at the age of 57.
- He attended the Broad Ripple High School and worked at the local Atlas Supermarket. He studied radio and television at the Ball State University, in Muncie, Indiana, and graduated in 1969. He completed a four-year double major in journalism news/telecommunications.
- David was the announcer and newscaster at the college’s student-run radio station — WBST. However, he was fired because he treated classical music with disrespect. He then founded another campus station — WAGO-AM 570.
David Letterman Career
- David Letterman started his career as the host of a radio talk show on WNTS (AM), and as an anchor and weatherman on Indianapolis television station WLWI. In 1971, he was a pit road reporter for ABC Sports’ Indianapolis 500.
- In 1975, he moved to Los Angeles to become a comedy writer, and began performing at a comedy club called The Comedy Store. He joined American actor and comedian Jimmie Walker’s group of comedians to write jokes for his stand-up acts. He also wrote material for popular shows like ‘Good Times’.
- In 1977, he became a regular writer on the six-week series ‘The Starland Vocal Band Show’, aired on CBS. In 1978, he became a cast member on Mary Tyler Moore’s variety show, ‘Mary’. Finally, he landed at ‘The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson’, and soon became a regular guest on the show. Miley Cyrus Biography News
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