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==Early life and education== David was born on July 2, 1947, in the [[Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn|Sheepshead Bay]] neighborhood of [[Brooklyn]], New York City. His parents are Rose (nΓ©e Regina Brandes) and Mortimer Julius "Morty" David, a men's clothing manufacturer, and he has an older brother, Ken.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wallace |first1=Benjamin |title=Why Larry David the Schmuck Was the Best Thing to Happen to Larry David the Mensch |url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/01/larry-david-fish-in-the-dark.html |access-date=November 1, 2017 |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=January 26, 2015 |language=en |archive-date=January 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106170932/https://www.vulture.com/2015/01/larry-david-fish-in-the-dark.html |url-status=live }}</ref> David's family is [[Jews|Jewish]]. His [[American Jews|American Jewish]] father's family [[History of the Jews in Germany|moved from Germany]] to the U.S. during the 19th century. David's mother was born into a [[History of the Jews in Poland|Polish-Jewish]] family in [[Ternopil]], now in [[Ukraine]]; her mother's family name was Superfein.<ref name="FYR 10-3-17">{{cite episode |series=[[Finding Your Roots]] |title=The Impression |season=4 |number=1 |network=PBS |date=October 3, 2017 }}</ref> David graduated from [[Sheepshead Bay High School]], now defunct and operating as Frank J. Macchiarola Educational Complex, in 1965. A sign with his photo is displayed in one of the complex's hallways. He then attended the [[University of Maryland, College Park]], where he was a brother in [[Tau Epsilon Phi]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/whats-larry-david-really-like-ask-his-maryland-fraternity-brothers/2015/03/06/9a00615a-c35a-11e4-9ec2-b418f57a4a99_story.html |title=What's Larry David really like? Ask his Maryland fraternity brothers. |first=Linda VanGrack |last=Snyder |date=March 6, 2015 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |archive-date=June 30, 2018 |access-date=March 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630164557/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/whats-larry-david-really-like-ask-his-maryland-fraternity-brothers/2015/03/06/9a00615a-c35a-11e4-9ec2-b418f57a4a99_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He graduated in 1970 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[history]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Larry David Spotted on Campus |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-03-27/enticertainment/bal-larry-david-spotted-at-university-of-maryland-campus-20130327_1_larry-david-campus-football-team |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |access-date=April 4, 2013 |archive-date=February 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210073734/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-03-27/enticertainment/bal-larry-david-spotted-at-university-of-maryland-campus-20130327_1_larry-david-campus-football-team |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Some of Maryland's Distinguished Alumni |url=http://www.umterps.com/school-bio/md-alumni.html |publisher=University of Maryland |access-date=April 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331015507/http://www.umterps.com/school-bio/md-alumni.html |archive-date=March 31, 2013 }}</ref> At college, he discovered that he could make people laugh simply by being himself.<ref name="FYR 10-3-17" /> After college, David [[Military service|joined]] the [[United States Army Reserve]] and received training as a petroleum storage specialist.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150217123755/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/15/opinion/my-war.html My War, by Larry David.] ''[[The New York Times]]'' via [[Internet Archive]]. Published February 15, 2004. Retrieved August 22, 2011.</ref> To avoid the final year of his six-year enlistment, he paid a psychiatrist to write a letter declaring him unfit for duty.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Huff |first=Lauren |date=9 February 2024 |title=Larry David paid psychiatrist to write him a letter to get out of Army Reserve |url=https://ew.com/larry-david-psychiatrist-letter-get-out-of-army-reserve-8574957 |access-date=2024-09-02 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en |archive-date=September 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902191012/https://ew.com/larry-david-psychiatrist-letter-get-out-of-army-reserve-8574957 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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