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David Lawrence Angell (April 10, 1946 – September 11, 2001)[1] was an American screenwriter and television producer, known for his work in sitcoms. He won multiple Emmy Awards as the creator and executive producer of the sitcoms Wings and Frasier with Peter Casey and David Lee. Angell and his wife Lynn were killed heading home from their vacation on Cape Cod aboard American Airlines Flight 11, the first plane to hit the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks.[2]

Early life

Angell was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to Henry and Mae (née Cooney) Angell. He received a bachelor's degree in English literature from Providence College.[1] He married Lynn Edwards on August 14, 1971. Soon after Angell entered the U.S. Army upon graduation and served at the Pentagon until 1972.[1] He then moved to Boston and worked as a methods analyst at an engineering company and later at an insurance firm in Rhode Island.[3] His brother, the Most Rev. Kenneth Angell, was a Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop of Burlington, Vermont.[3]

Career

Angell moved to Los Angeles in 1977.[1] His first script was sold to the producers of the Annie Flynn series. Five years later, he sold his second script, for the sitcom Archie Bunker's Place. In 1983, he joined Cheers as a staff writer.[1] In 1985, Angell joined forces with Peter Casey and David Lee as Cheers supervising producers/writers.[1] The trio received 37 Emmy Award nominations and won 24 Emmy Awards, including the above-mentioned for Frasier. They also won an Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy for Cheers, in 1989, which Angell, Casey, Lee and the series' other producers shared, and an Outstanding Writing/Comedy Emmy for Cheers, which Angell received in 1984.[1] 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.[1]

Writing credits
Series Episode Air date
Archie Bunker's Place "Barney Gets Laid Off" Шаблон:Start date
"Relief Bartender" Шаблон:Start date
Cheers "Pick a Con... Any Con" Шаблон:Start date
"Someone Single, Someone Blue" Шаблон:Start date
"Old Flames" Шаблон:Start date
"They Called Me Mayday" Шаблон:Start date
"Snow Job" Шаблон:Start date
"Coach in Love: Part 1" Шаблон:Start date
"Coach in Love: Part 2" Шаблон:Start date
"Peterson Crusoe" Шаблон:Start date
"Love Thy Neighbor" Шаблон:Start date
"Dark Imaginings" Шаблон:Start date
"Strange Bedfellows: Part 1" Шаблон:Start date
"Strange Bedfellows: Part 2" Шаблон:Start date
"Strange Bedfellows: Part 3" Шаблон:Start date
"House of Horrors with Formal Dining and Used Brick" Шаблон:Start date
"Chambers vs. Malone" Шаблон:Start date
"The Crane Mutiny" Шаблон:Start date
"How to Recede in Business" Шаблон:Start date
"The Guy Can't Help It" Шаблон:Start date
Condo "Members Only" Шаблон:Start date
Domestic Life "Showdown at Walla Walla" Шаблон:Start date
Wings "Legacy" Шаблон:Start date
"Return to Nantucket: Part 2" Шаблон:Start date
"Sports and Leisure" Шаблон:Start date
"Stew in a Stew" Шаблон:Start date
"The Gift: Part 1" Шаблон:Start date
"The Gift: Part 2" Шаблон:Start date
Frasier "The Good Son" Шаблон:Start date
"My Coffee with Niles" Шаблон:Start date
"And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon" Шаблон:Start date
Encore! Encore! "Pilot" Шаблон:Start date

Death

Angell and his wife Lynn were killed in the 2001 September 11 attacks at the World Trade Center in Manhattan. They were among the passengers of American Airlines Flight 11, who were all killed when the plane struck the North Tower of the complex.[2][4][5]

Legacy

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The names of David Angell and his wife are located on Panel N-1 of the National September 11 Memorial's North Pool, along with other passengers from Flight 11.

The American Screenwriters Association awards the annual David Angell Humanitarian Award to any individual in the entertainment industry who contributes to global well-being through donations of time, expertise or other support to improve the human condition.[6]

In 2004, The Angell Foundation of Los Angeles, California, awarded Providence College a gift of $2 million for the Smith Center for the Arts.[6]

The two-part episode of Frasier to air after the attacks, "Don Juan in Hell" airing on September 25, 2001, ended with the memorial tribute, "In loving memory of our friends Lynn and David Angell". In "Goodnight, Seattle", the series finale that aired May 13, 2004, Niles Crane and Daphne Moon's son was born, named David in tribute.[7]

At the National 9/11 Memorial, Angell and his wife are memorialized at the North Pool, on Panel N-1, along with other passengers from Flight 11.[8]Шаблон:-

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