Larry "Bud" Melman

[osugrad21]

Dispatch

Calvert DeForest, Letterman's Larry 'Bud' Melman, dies at 85 (11:51 pm)

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 11:51 PM
By Larry McShane


Associated Press

NEW YORK?Calvert DeForest, the white-haired, bespectacled nebbish who gained cult status as the oddball Larry "Bud" Melman on David Letterman's late night television shows, has died after a long illness.

The Brooklyn-born DeForest, who was 85, died Monday at a hospital on Long Island, Letterman's Late Show announced Wednesday.
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[sandgk]

Shame to see him go, he was a damned funny guy.

 

[Thump]

"Would you like a Little Debbie snack cake?"

 

[DEBuckeye]

How about some toast on a stick?