{"id":646,"date":"2007-03-26T23:26:12","date_gmt":"2007-03-26T23:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2007\/03\/farewell_larry.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:45:34","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:45:34","slug":"farewell_larry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2007\/03\/farewell_larry.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Farewell, Larry “Bud” Melman"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nCalvert DeForest, known as Larry “Bud” Melman on the David Letterman show, passed away on March 19th<\/a>. He was 85.
\nI’ve loved Letterman for years and I miss having Calvert on. He was always a riot, in an embarrassing sort of way.
\nSo long Larry.
\nMore pictures<\/a>, an interview<\/a>, Wikipedia<\/a>, IMDB<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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