David Letterman, who in 2002 hosted Warren Zevon’s final television appearance before his death, paid tribute to his friend Saturday night with a lengthy induction speech at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame that lasted several times as long as the musical salute by the Killers that followed. The former late-night host mixed werewolf jokes with a recollection of breaking down in tears at the end of his final encounter with Zevon.
Letterman told the story of having Zevon on his program shortly after the rocker was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and given only months to live. It was…
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