Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( kohl-BAIR; born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the Comedy Central news satire show The Colbert Report from 2005 to 2014, and the CBS talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert since September 2015.
Early life and education
On September 11, 1974, when Colbert was ten years old, his father and his brothers Paul and Peter, who were closest to him in age, died in the crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 while it was attempting to land in Charlotte, North Carolina. They were en route to enroll Paul and Peter at Canterbury School) in New Milford, Connecticut. He has discussed the impact the tragedy has on him and his philosophy of grief and suffering. Lorna Colbert moved the family from James Island to the George Chisolm House, in downtown Charleston, and she ran the carriage house as a bed and breakfast.
Early career in comedy
!Colbert and his wife Evelyn McGee at the [Time 100 list event, May 2006](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Time100StephenColbertandwife.jpg/250px-Time100StephenColbertandwife.jpg)
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