Such a lovely, good-humored Irish-American gentleman. I used to love it when, back in the days when Dave Letterman was still funny, Regis would barge into the back of the audience and exchange a few quips with Dave in his inimitable vocal delivery, and rush out again—such energy!
He gave a lot of enjoyment for a lot of years—none of it the boring pseudo-political pretensions of so many of the jerks in media today. I imagine his wife Joy, his daughters, and his co-hosts Kathy Lee Gifford and Kelly Ripa must be quite devastated.
RIP, sweet-tempered leprechaun who made us laugh.