Oct. 15 (UPI) — Actor Bette Midler told Stephen Colbert how much she will miss him on The Late Show Tuesday night with a special performance of one of her classic hits.

Midler appeared on the show to discuss her non-profit, the New York Restoration Project, and its work in New York City, but started off by sharing a unique tribute to the talk-show host with a loving spoof of her song “Wind Beneath My Wings” from the 1988 film Beaches.

“I want to beg you, ‘don’t go, don’t go, don’t go,’” Midler said to Colbert, who reminded her he will be on the air until May.

“Well, I’m not coming back,” she joked with the host, quickly adding that she “just wanted to thank you publicly and privately for me for these last nine-and-a-half years.”

“I would not have made it through without you — you’re a

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