David Letterman's Eulogies Collection, 1984-2017

This is a collection of eulogies Dave offered to honor then-recently-deceased staffers and selected celebrities. They began with brief mentions at the end of the show. In time, though, they became more heartfelt, with stories and video montages.

It closes with an unaired homage that was prepared in 2015 but not in effect until two years after Late Show ended.

1. May 17, 1984. Andy Kaufman
2. June 11, 1987. Jimmy Fitzgerald (stagehand)
3. January 8, 1988. Tommy Casabona (stagehand)
4. May 10 & 6, 1996. Kevin Dronne (videotape editor)
5. January 5, 1998. Shirley Shaffer (Paul's mom)
6. November 23, 1998. Calvert DeForest, 1*
7. February 22, 1999. Gene Siskel
8. April 15, 1999. Bill Wendell
9. October 31, 2000. Steve Allen
10. June 14, 2001. Leonard Tepper
11. October 29, 2001. Kathleen Ankers (set designer)*
12a. March 31, 2003. George Miller, 1
12b. April 14, 2003. George Miller, 2
12c. March 2, 2006. George Miller, 3
12d. March 18, 2015. George Miller, 4 (with Norm Macdonald)
13. July 28, 2003. Bob Hope
14a. September 8, 2003. Warren Zevon, 1
14b. September 7, 2004. Warren Zevon, 2
15. February 2, 2004. Jack Paar
16. May 18, 2004. Tony Randall**
17. June 10, 2004. Ray Charles
18. October 4, 2004. Dorothy Chambers (stage door security)
19. October 6, 2004. Rodney Dangerfield
20. May 3, 2006. Cobi (Michele O'Callaghan's dog)***
21. March 26, 2007. Calvert DeForest, 2*
22. July 30, 2007. Tom Snyder
23. June 16, 2008. Tim Russert
24. July 28, 2008. Hiram Bullock
25. September 29, 2008. Paul Newman
26. November 24, 2008. Tom Richards (head electrician)
27. June 23, 2009. Ed McMahon
28. August 27, 2009. Ellie Greenwich
29. January 18, 2011. Don Kirshner
30. December 19, 2011. Michele O'Callaghan (make-up artist)***
31. September 23, 2013. Benny Williams (security)
32. August 18, 2014. Robin Williams
33. September 4, 2014. Joan Rivers
34. May 19, 2015. In Memoriam
35. April 11, 2017. Dorothy Hofert Letterman Mengering
-- eulogy prepared in 2015.

Dave's tribute to Johnny Carson (from January 31, 2005) will appear in a forthcoming recut of Dave and Johnny appearances.

* Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" was used three times in this compilation. Due to copyright-block caution, I replaced his rendition with both Eva Cassidy's and Katie Melua's versions. They can be heard in Calvert's fake tribute (#6), Kathleen's tribute (#11) (both Katie and Eva), and Calvert's real tribute (#21) (Eva only).

Eva's full version can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPAGH0AT-os&spf

Katie's recreated duet with Eva here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFoXcO8llNI

** Tony Randall (#16): The show aired a small segment from Bob Dylan's "Forever Young." Since this compilation would have surely been blocked due to copyright issues, I replaced Bob's version with Nora Jones'.

Nora's full version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jEKY-3eNZc

*** The Rolling Stones' "Miss You" was used twice, once for Michele O'Callaghan's dog Cobi (#20), and again for Michele herself (#30). Again, for copyright-block caution: For Cobi, I replaced the Stones' version with Eric Gilliom and Vince Esquire's. For Michele, I selected Start Making Sense's rendition.

Eric and Vince's full version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbiqysjdKlQ

Start Making Sense's version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ30nkxD8xw

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