Death at 67 of Rick Scheckman, David Letterman’s longtime film coordinator
Rick “Shecky” Scheckman, who spent more than 30 years creating bizarre footage for David Letterman’s late-night shows and occasionally appearing on camera for outrageous comedic segments, has passed away. He was 67.
According to his friend Leonard Maltin, Scheckman had “multiple health problems” and passed away at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan early on Friday morning.
The Queens native was an enthusiastic film collector who had amassed rare material from countless decades of celluloid that could be used for advertisements, TV programs, and other uses.
Maltin wrote in a blog post, “This required organizing and cataloging hundreds and hundreds of 16mm reels and coming up with a way to provide quick access to individual shots.”
A month after the program’s NBC premiere in March 1982, Scheckman started working for Late Night With David Letterman. Scheckman was used so frequently by the writers that he was offered a full-time position as a film coordinator.
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