Harry Joseph Letterman is the father of a comedian and TV personality David Letterman with his second wife Regina Lasko. Let’s look into what caused Harry Joe Letterman to pass away.
Harry Joe Letterman cause of death: What happened to David Letterman’s father?
Our research indicates that Harry Joseph Letterman suffered a heart attack and died in 1973 at the age of 57.
David Letterman hosted late-night television talk shows for 33 years, starting with the February 1, 1982, debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC and ending with the May 20, 2015, broadcast of Late Show with David Letterman on CBS.
Letterman is the longest-serving host of late-night talk shows in American television history, having hosted 6,080 episodes of Late Night and Late Show combined, surpassing his friend and mentor Johnny Carson.
Letterman was born in 1947 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and has two sisters, one older and one younger. His father, Harry Joseph Letterman, was a florist. His mother, Dorothy Marie Letterman Mengering, was a church secretary for the Second Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis and occasionally made an appearance on Letterman’s show, mostly for special occasions like holidays and birthdays.
Shortly after graduating from Ball State in 1969, Letterman began his career as a radio talk show host on WNTS (AM) and as an anchor and weatherman on Indianapolis television station WLWI (which changed its call sign to WTHR in 1976).
He gained some notoriety for his wild on-air antics, which included calling hailstones “the size of canned hams” and applauding a tropical storm for being upgraded to a hurricane.
