Stephen Colbert is dead! Long live Stephen Colbert!

WHAT A SENDOFF FOR THE COLBERT REPORT!

I watched all 1,447 episodes... I never missed one! What an incredible achievement to carry off a piece of performance art night after night for nearly a decade. I'm really gonna miss the "Stephen Colbert" character, but glad that Stephen will be around for CBS The Late Show in 2015.

"I know we'll meet again some sun…