Jimmy Fallon bids emotional farewell to Letterman, who paved the late-night road

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Neha Prakash
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David Letterman's 22-year run as host of The Late Show will come to a close on Wednesday. But before Letterman was a host at CBS, he cut his teeth as host of Late Night on NBC -- a job Jimmy Fallon knows well.

During Monday's Tonight Show, Fallon bid an emotional goodbye to Letterman, thanking him for paving the way in late-night talk shows.

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