‘He made us laugh and he never flinched’: America says goodbye to The Late Show and Stephen Colbert

Jane Fonda, Bruce Springsteen and Joe Biden are among the names paying tribute to host of cancelled late-night show

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Celebrities, politicians and New Yorkers have paid their respects to Stephen Colbert as The Late Show aired its final episode on Thursday.

The long-running chatshow, which started back in 1993, was cancelled last year by CBS, purportedly because of a financial decision. But many believed it was a result of the network's increasing closenesss with Donald Trump, whom Colbert regularly criticised.