How a Life-Changing Plane Crash Shaped a Comedy Star’s Journey

by three permanent absences.

A Life That Remained Defiantly Full

Stephen Colbert’s journey from grieving child to celebrated entertainer cannot be reduced to triumph over adversity. He did not erase the crash, repair the empty rooms or recover the years he might have spent with his father and brothers.

What he did was continue.

He found language where continue reading …