• Oprah Winfrey appears with David Letterman. Following the interview, Dave escorted Oprah across 53rd street to the opening of her Broadway Show The Color Purple. AP
    Oprah Winfrey appears with David Letterman. Following the interview, Dave escorted Oprah across 53rd street to the opening of her Broadway Show The Color Purple. AP
  • David Letterman riding a go kart powered by the reaction from mixing 648 Mentos candies into 108 two-litre bottles of Coke. AP
    David Letterman riding a go kart powered by the reaction from mixing 648 Mentos candies into 108 two-litre bottles of Coke. AP
  • Johnny Depp on the Late Show with David Letterman. AP
    Johnny Depp on the Late Show with David Letterman. AP
  • David Letterman throwing a pitch to New York Mets third baseman David Wright outside the Late Show with David Letterman. AP
    David Letterman throwing a pitch to New York Mets third baseman David Wright outside the Late Show with David Letterman. AP
  • David Letterman announces his new contract with CBS television for his new show The Late Show with David Letterman, in New York in 1982. AP
    David Letterman announces his new contract with CBS television for his new show The Late Show with David Letterman, in New York in 1982. AP
  • Barack Obama makes an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. Reuters
    Barack Obama makes an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. Reuters
  • A taxi drives by the Ed Sullivan Theater where the Late Show with David Letterman is televised in New York. EPA
    A taxi drives by the Ed Sullivan Theater where the Late Show with David Letterman is televised in New York. EPA

In pictures: David Letterman to sign off after 32 years on late night TV


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During a taping of Thursday’s edition of Late Show, Letterman startled his audience with the news that he will step down in 2015.