David Letterman, American television host and writer , Photo by Jesse Dittmar for The Washington Post.
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 3: American television host and writer David Letterman has his portrait taken in Croton-On-Hudson, NY on October 3, 2017. Letterman is the 2017 recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor for the "Late Show with David Letterman," which concluded in May 2015. (Photo by Jesse Dittmar for The Washington Post.)