Dorothy Mengering

Dorothy Mengering
Born	Dorothy Marie Mengering (1921-07-18)July 18, 1921 Linton, Indiana, U.S.
Died	April 11, 2017(2017-04-11) (aged 95) Carmel, Indiana, U.S.
Alma mater	Indiana University Bloomington
Occupation	Television personality
Television	Late Night with David Letterman Late Show with David Letterman
Spouse(s)	Harry Letterman (m. 1942; his death 1973) , Hans Mengering (m. 1983; his death 2013)
Children	Three; including David Letterman

Dorothy Marie Mengering (July 18, 1921 – April 11, 2017) was an American television personality. She was the mother of late-night talk show host David Letterman. She made many telephone and live guest appearances on his shows: Late Night and Late Show.

Following several years of appearing through telephone, Mengering (usually known as "Dave's Mom" or "Dave's Mom Dorothy", with no mention of her surname) became a recurring on-camera guest on Letterman's subsequent Late Show, initially by covering the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

In 2015, Mengering suffered a stroke, but recovered months later. Mengering died on April 11, 2017 at her home in Carmel, Indiana at the age of 95. She died one day before Letterman's 70th birthday.

Other websites

• Dorothy Mengering on IMDb
• "Dave's Mom Biography". CBS.
• Dorothy Mengering being interviewed by her granddaughter,HOW editor Bryn Mooth, for StoryCorps (Reported by Family Tree Magazine (at familytreemagazine.com/insider) Archived 2009-12-20 at the Wayback Machine
• Alex Witchel (May 9, 1996). "At Home With: Dave's Mom; She Still Thinks Pies Are Easy". The New York Times.