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Goodbye, Dave: The Great Agitator

END OF AN ERA

David Letterman’s final Late Show is May 20. In honor of his stepping down, Pulitzer Prize-winning TV critic Tom Shales writes about his gloriously ribald and revolutionary legacy.

Tom Shales
Tom Shales
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Tom Shales

Tom Shales

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