David Angell

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David Angell
Angell in 2000
Born	David Lawrence Angell (1946-04-10)April 10, 1946 West Barrington, Rhode Island, U.S.
Died	September 11, 2001(2001-09-11) (aged 55) New York City, New York, U.S.
Cause of death	Terrorist engineered crash of American Airlines Flight 11
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Providence College
Occupation	Television producer
Television	Cheers (producer) Frasier (producer) Wings (producer)
Spouse	Lynn Edwards (1971–September 11, 2001; their deaths)
Parent(s)	Henry and Mae (née Cooney) Angell
Awards	24 Emmy Awards

David Lawrence Angell (April 10, 1946 – September 11, 2001) was an American producer of sitcoms. Angell won multiple Emmy Awards as the creator and executive producer, along with Peter Casey and David Lee, of the comedy series Frasier. Angell and his wife Lynn both died aboard American Airlines Flight 11, the first plane to hit the World Trade Center, during the September 11 attacks.

Early life and education

Angell was born in West Barrington, Rhode Island to Henry and Mae (née Cooney) Angell. He received a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Providence College. He 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. His brother, the Most Rev. Kenneth Angell, is a Roman Catholic prelate and former 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 to 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, 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 and his wife, Lynn, were among the passengers of American Airlines Flight 11 who were killed in the September 11 attacks, when the plane was hijacked by members of Al Qaeda and flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City in 2001.

Legacy

The names of David Angell and his wife are located atop 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.

Season 4, Episode 24 of "Frasier" (Odd Man Out), airing May 27th, 1997, features a woman on Frasier's answering machine. Her flight in is on American Airlines Flight 11. Flight 11 was the first plane to hit the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and, in a tragic coincidence, David Angell, one of the show's producers, was on the plane that day.

Season 9, Episode 2, of Frasier (Don Juan in Hell: Part 2), airing on September 25, 2001, ended with the memorial tribute, "In loving memory of our friends Lynn and David Angell".

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.

External links

• David Angell at IMDb