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Jewish[edit]

Block evasion by User:HarveyCarter

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Letterman's father was Jewish. (86.137.48.36 (talk) 21:43, 28 March 2018 (UTC))[reply]

Source? ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:46, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Unfinished business re: extortion[edit]

The extortion attempt section does not indicate the outcome of the Armen Keteyian investigation, or if there was any further fallout from the episode. Most recent information given is 12 years old, so it is left unresolved. This assumes the investigation ended; one might think this is still an open matter otherwise, so per WP:BLP the "loop" should be closed. If Keyeyian didn't find anything, or it resulted in a 60 Minutes piece or whatever, this should be stated. 70.73.90.119 (talk) 21:56, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed merge of The Letterman Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming into David Letterman[edit]

The foundation's history and operations appears to be closely linked with the man himself. Given that it's also a relatively old organization, perhaps it would be better if it was a section in the David Letterman article? Silvestertaylor (talk) 01:56, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Visual scarring[edit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5O6WMgH0UY

Just parking this here, it would be interesting to see if any news outlets mention this: David Letterman as a child did stare at an eclipse, and he still has eye scarring. -- Zanimum (talk) 22:52, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]