DAVID ANGELL

'David Lawrence Angell' (April 10, 1946 – September 11, 2001) was an American television sitcom producer. Angell won multiple Emmy Awards as the creator and executive producer, along with Peter Casey and David Lee, of the comedy series ''Frasier''.^[1]

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Early life

Career

Death

References

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Early life

David was born in West Barrington, RI, and he received a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Providence College. He entered the army upon graduation and served at the Pentagon until 1972. David then moved to Boston and worked as a methods analyst at an engineering company and later at an insurance firm in Rhode Island.

Career

David moved to Los Angeles in 1977. His first script was sold to the producers of the ''Annie Flynn'' series. Five years later, he sold his second script to ''Archie Bunker's Place''. In 1983, he joined ''Cheers'' as a staff writer. In 1985, David Angell joined forces with Peter Casey and David Lee as ''Cheers'' supervising producers/writers. The trio received 37 Emmy Award nominations and won 24 Emmy Awards, including the above-mentioned for ''Frasier'', as well as an Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy for ''Cheers'', in 1989, which Angell, Casey, Lee and the series' other producers shared, and Outstanding Writing/Comedy Emmy for ''Cheers'', which Angell received in 1984. After working together as producers on ''Cheers'', Angell, Casey and Lee formed "Grub Street Productions." In 1990, they created and executive-produced the comedy series ''Wings''.

Death

Angell was returning to Los Angeles with his wife Lynn, after attending a family wedding in Chatham, Massachusetts, when they were killed on American Airlines Flight 11 in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks when Flight 11 was hijacked and flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in which the crash eventually caused the building to collapse.
On the ''Frasier'' series finale, characters Daphne and Niles gave birth to a son named David, in dedication to Angell. In delivering his eulogy, David Lee, a colleague on ''Cheers'' and ''Frasier'', credited Angell with coining the word "boinking" as a euphemism for sex on ''Cheers''. He cited this as just one example of the many comedic contributions he made to the art form. Kelsey Grammer and Ted Danson also spoke at the funeral.

References

1. Angell, Olson among industry victims

The American Screenwriters Association now gives out an annual David Angell Humanitarian Award in honor of David Angell. The award is given to an individual in the entertainment industry who contributes to global well being through their donation of time, expertise, or other support to improve the human condition. This award is an annual reminder of David's legacy of kindness and selflessness, and a celebration of friends and colleagues in the entertainment industry who share those gifts.
Current recipients include Mary Tyler Moore (JDRF), Sting (The Rainforest Foundation, Live Aid, Elton John Aids Foundation), John Walsh (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children), and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith (The Smith Foundation).

External links

★ NY Times--David Angell, a Creator and Writer for 'Frasier' Sitcom, Dies at 54