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David Angell

American screenwriter and television producer (1946-2001) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 55

David Lawrence Angell was an American screenwriter and television producer, known for his work in sitcoms. He won multiple Emmy Awards as a Cheers writer and as the creator and executive producer of the sitcoms Wings and Frasier with Peter Casey and David Lee.

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2002Valentine Davies AwardAward2001Died11 September 20011994Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy SeriesAward1984Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy SeriesAward1946Born10 April 1946

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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.

Awards

Valentine Davies Award2002

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series1994

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series1984

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Heading home from their vacation on Cape Cod, Angell and his wife, Lynn, were killed aboard American Airlines Flight 11, the first plane to hit the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks.

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