Английская Википедия:David B. Eskind

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Шаблон:Infobox person David B. Eskind (1909–1992) was a radio scriptwriter and producer for the United States Army.

Early life

Eskind was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1909.[1][2] His parents owned theatres in Nashville, and he grew up playing the saxophone.[2] He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1934, where he studied writing with Thornton Wilder.[1][2]

Career

Eskind wrote radio scripts for Author's Playhouse on NBC and The Buddy Clark Treat Time Show on CBS.[1][2]

During World War II, he joined the United States Army and worked as a writer-producer of Army radio programs in education and information in the Pacific.[1][2]

By the end of the war, he was hired by the Armed Forces Radio Service in Washington, D.C., and he became a civilian writer-producer of radio shows.[1][2] In 1953, he was chief writer of the “Army Hour,” a program broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting Network, which he also produced.[1][2]

Death

Esking died of cancer on August 23, 1992, in Washington, D.C.[1][2]

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