OlympicTalk · Apr 12, 2017
In honor of David Letterman’s mom, Olympic correspondent
David Letterman‘s mom, Dorothy Mengering, who became a late-night celebrity for her coverage of the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics, has died at age 95.
Mengering was best known for appearances on her son’s “Late Show” on CBS, which included Olympic correspondent work.
Mengering was 72 when CBS sent her to cover the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway, as Dave’s Mom for the “Late Show.”
In her reporting, Dave’s Mom offered cocoa to figure skater Nancy Kerrigan (twice), sampled cross-country skiing and asked then-First Lady Hillary Clinton if she could take care of Letterman’s speeding tickets.
Dave’s Mom reprised her role in Nagano, Japan, in 1998.