Significant Sig David Letterman, BALL STATE 1969, Named Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Recipient

Comedian and Significant Sig David Letterman, BALL STATE 1969, who hosted over 6,000 episodes of late-night talk shows in his TV career, will receive the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, according to Reuters. Letterman, who retired in 2015 after a combined 33 years of hosting Late Night on NBC and The Late Show on CBS, will join other comedians at the 20th-Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor gala at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 22. To read Reuters’ article from May 16, click here.