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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts) Wed Mar 23, 2016, 04:30 PM Mar 2016

The 2016 David Letterman, enjoying his retirement in St. Bart's (photos)

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/david-letterman-is-completely-unrecognizable-with-bald-head-bushy-beard-w199955

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The 2016 David Letterman, enjoying his retirement in St. Bart's (photos) (Original Post) Miles Archer Mar 2016 OP

he looks happy and healthy JI7 Mar 2016 #1

I scarcely recognized him, but yes, he does look happy... hlthe2b Mar 2016 #2

He had his dad's bad ticker TexasBushwhacker Mar 2016 #3

He had them on quite frequently and I remember them, too... Rhiannon12866 Mar 2016 #6

How cool! I'm jealous TexasBushwhacker Mar 2016 #7

Someone has recognizeable as Letterman can escape into anonymity with a beard LuckyLib Mar 2016 #4

What about the IndyCar race team? Blue_Tires Mar 2016 #5

Wow ... Arugula Latte Mar 2016 #8

JI7

(89,239 posts)

1. he looks happy and healthy

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 04:33 PM

Mar 2016

hlthe2b

(102,106 posts)

2. I scarcely recognized him, but yes, he does look happy...

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 05:11 PM

Mar 2016

Good genes... HIs mother is still living ((95yo)

TexasBushwhacker

(20,131 posts)

3. He had his dad's bad ticker

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 06:42 PM

Mar 2016

His father had his first heart attack when he was 36 and the second, that killed him, when he was 57. Dave had an emergency quintuple bypass when he was 52. I remember when he had his doctors and nurses on the show and introduced them as "the people who saved my life".

Rhiannon12866

(204,695 posts)

6. He had them on quite frequently and I remember them, too...

Reply to TexasBushwhacker (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 24, 2016, 12:13 AM

Mar 2016

I was a regular viewer, was even in the studio audience back in 2008, and though I like Stephen Colbert, I still miss Dave. One thing that impressed me when I was there in person was the way he treated his studio audience. He came out and talked with us before the show started, answered questions and made jokes, and made a special effort to come out after the show was over to thank us. After all those years, he didn't need to do that, but he was a class act and he did.