David Angell
{{short description|American screenwriter and television producer (1946–2001)}}
{{About||the Canadian diplomat|David Angell (diplomat)|people with a similar name|David Angel (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = David Angell
| image = Davidangell.png
| caption = Angell in 2000
| imagesize =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|4|10}}
| birth_place = Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|9|11|1946|4|10}}
| death_place = New York City, U.S.
| years_active = 1977–2001
| alma_mater = Providence College
| spouse = {{marriage|Lynn Edwards|August 14, 1971}}
| notable_works = Wings
Frasier
| occupation = {{Flatlist|
- Writer
- producer}}
| relatives = Kenneth Angell (brother)
| awards = 8 Emmy Awards}}
David Lawrence Angell (April 10, 1946 – September 11, 2001) 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. 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/pictures/image/0,8543,-10404256105,00.html|title=US terrorism victims|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=September 12, 2013}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/sept11/Story.aspx?PersonID=91766&location=3|title=Remembering September 11, 2001: David Angell Obituary|work=Legacy.com|date=September 14, 2001 }} 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. He then moved to Boston and worked as a methods analyst at an engineering company and later at an insurance firm in Rhode Island.[http://www.legacy.com/sept11/story.aspx?personid=91766 Profile], legacy.com; accessed March 30, 2015. His brother, the Most Rev. Kenneth Angell, was a Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop of Burlington, Vermont.
Career
Angell 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, for the sitcom Archie Bunker's Place. In 1983, he joined Cheers as a staff writer. In 1985, 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. 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. 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.
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|+Writing credits |
| Series
! Episode ! Air date |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|Archie Bunker's Place
| "Barney Gets Laid Off" | {{Start date|1982|11|28}} |
| "Relief Bartender"
| {{Start date|1983|1|23}} |
| rowspan="18"|Cheers
| "Pick a Con... Any Con" | {{Start date|1983|2|24}} |
| "Someone Single, Someone Blue"
| {{Start date|1983|3|3}} |
| "Old Flames"
| {{Start date|1983|11|17}} |
| "They Called Me Mayday"
| {{Start date|1983|12|1}} |
| "Snow Job"
| {{Start date|1984|2|9}} |
| "Coach in Love: Part 1"
| {{Start date|1984|11|8}} |
| "Coach in Love: Part 2"
| {{Start date|1984|11|15}} |
| "Peterson Crusoe"
| {{Start date|1984|12|13}} |
| "Love Thy Neighbor"
| {{Start date|1985|11|21}} |
| "Dark Imaginings"
| {{Start date|1986|2|20}} |
| "Strange Bedfellows: Part 1"
| {{Start date|1986|5|1}} |
| "Strange Bedfellows: Part 2"
| {{Start date|1986|5|8}} |
| "Strange Bedfellows: Part 3"
| {{Start date|1986|5|15}} |
| "House of Horrors with Formal Dining and Used Brick"
| {{Start date|1986|10|30}} |
| "Chambers vs. Malone"
| {{Start date|1987|1|8}} |
| "The Crane Mutiny"
| {{Start date|1987|10|29}} |
| "How to Recede in Business"
| {{Start date|1988|10|27}} |
| "The Guy Can't Help It"
| {{Start date|1993|5|13}} |
| Condo
| "Members Only" | {{Start date|1983|6|9}} |
| Domestic Life
| "Showdown at Walla Walla" | {{Start date|1984|4|15}} |
| rowspan="6"|Wings
| "Legacy" | {{Start date|1990|4|19}} |
| "Return to Nantucket: Part 2"
| {{Start date|1990|5|10}} |
| "Sports and Leisure"
| {{Start date|1990|10|19}} |
| "Stew in a Stew"
| {{Start date|1992|1|23}} |
| "The Gift: Part 1"
| {{Start date|1993|2|11}} |
| "The Gift: Part 2"
| {{Start date|1993|2|18}} |
| rowspan="3"|Frasier
| "The Good Son" | {{Start date|1993|9|16}} |
| "My Coffee with Niles"
| {{Start date|1994|5|19}} |
| "And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon"
| {{Start date|2000|10|24}} |
| Encore! Encore!
| "Pilot" | {{Start date|1998|9|22}} |
Death
Angell and his wife Lynn died 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.{{cite news|last=Bowen|first=Kit|date=September 14, 2001|url=https://www.hollywood.com/general/news-commentator-frasier-producer-among-hijacking-victims-57179466|url-status=live|archive-date=16 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216025745/https://www.hollywood.com/news/brief/1091690/news-commentator-frasier-producer-among-hijacking-victims?page=all|title=News commentator, "Frasier" producer among hijacking victims|publisher=Hollywood.com|quote=Writer-producer David Angell, one of the co-creators of the television series Frasier and Wings, was on board American Airlines Flight 11 with his wife, Lynn, headed from Boston to Los Angeles. This plane was the first to crash, striking the north tower of the World Trade Center.}}{{cite news|title=Angell, Olson among industry victims|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 12, 2001}}
Legacy
File:12.6.11AngellsPanelN-1ByLuigiNovi.jpg'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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.riheritagehalloffame.org/inductees_detail.cfm?iid=10|title=Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame: David L. Angell, Inducted 2003|website=riheritagehalloffame.org|access-date=September 28, 2016}}
In 2004, The Angell Foundation of Los Angeles, California, awarded Providence College a gift of $2 million for the Smith Center for the Arts.
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.{{Citation |title=Jane Leeves: Where I Was on 9 11 | date=July 29, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBsgwsupWp4 |access-date=2023-04-24 |language=en}}
At the National September 11 Memorial, Angell and his wife are memorialized at the North Pool, on Panel N-1, along with other passengers from Flight 11.[http://names.911memorial.org/#lang=en_US&page=person&id=4388 David Lawrence Angell] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727095710/http://names.911memorial.org/ |date=July 27, 2013 }}. Memorial Guide: National 9/11 Memorial. Retrieved December 11, 2011.{{-}}
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External links
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- {{Find a Grave|140021608|David Lawrence Angell}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/20-years-after-9-11-mountain-brook-womans-legacy-remains-larger-than-her-death/|author=Taylor, Drew|title=20 years after 9/11, Mountain Brook woman's legacy remains larger than her death|publisher=WIAT|date=September 11, 2021|access-date=September 13, 2021|archive-date=September 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913160247/https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/20-years-after-9-11-mountain-brook-womans-legacy-remains-larger-than-her-death/}}
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{{Valentine Davies Award}}
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