Editing 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)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{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&ndash;2001
 | alma_mater       = [[Providence College]]
 | spouse           = {{marriage|Lynn Edwards|August 14, 1971}}
| notable_works     = ''[[Wings (1990 TV series)|Wings]]''<br />''[[Frasier]]''
 | occupation       = {{Flatlist|
*Writer
*producer}}
 | relatives        = [[Kenneth Angell]] (brother)
 | awards           = 8 Emmy Awards}}

'''David Lawrence Angell''' (April 10, 1946 – September 11, 2001)<ref name="legacy.com"/> was an American screenwriter and television producer, known for his work in sitcoms. He won multiple [[Emmy Award]]s as a ''[[Cheers]]'' writer and as the creator and executive producer of the sitcoms ''[[Wings (1990 TV series)|Wings]]'' and ''[[Frasier]]'' with [[Peter Casey (screenwriter)|Peter Casey]] and [[David Lee (screenwriter)|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 (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] during the [[September 11 attacks]].<ref name=Guardian>{{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}}</ref>

==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]].<ref name="legacy.com">{{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 }}</ref>  He married Lynn Edwards on August 14, 1971. Soon after Angell entered the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] upon graduation and served at [[the Pentagon]] until 1972.<ref name="legacy.com"/> He then moved to [[Boston]] and worked as a methods analyst at an engineering company and later at an insurance firm in [[Rhode Island]].<ref name=legacy>[http://www.legacy.com/sept11/story.aspx?personid=91766 Profile], legacy.com; accessed March 30, 2015.</ref> His brother, the [[Kenneth Angell|Most Rev. Kenneth Angell]], was a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] prelate and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington|Bishop of Burlington, Vermont]].<ref name=legacy/>

==Career==
Angell moved to Los Angeles in 1977.<ref name="legacy.com"/> 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.<ref name="legacy.com"/> In 1985, Angell joined forces with Peter Casey and David Lee as ''Cheers'' supervising producers/writers.<ref name="legacy.com"/> 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.<ref name="legacy.com"/> 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 (1990 TV series)|Wings]]''.<ref name="legacy.com"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|+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 (TV series)|Condo]]''
| "Members Only"
| {{Start date|1983|6|9}}
|-
| ''[[Domestic Life (TV series)|Domestic Life]]''
| "Showdown at Walla Walla"
| {{Start date|1984|4|15}}
|-
| rowspan="6"|''[[Wings (1990 TV series)|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 (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 (1973-2001)|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.<ref name=Guardian/><ref>{{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.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Angell, Olson among industry victims|newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=September 12, 2001}}</ref>

==Legacy==
[[File:12.6.11AngellsPanelN-1ByLuigiNovi.jpg|thumb|left|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.]]

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.<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref>

In 2004, The Angell Foundation of Los Angeles, California, awarded Providence College a gift of $2 million for the Smith Center for the Arts.<ref name=":0" />

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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref>[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.</ref>{{-}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{Portal|Rhode Island|Biography|Television}}
*{{IMDb name|0029628}}
* {{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/}}

{{EmmyAward ComedyWriting}}
{{Valentine Davies Award}}
{{Casualties of the September 11 attacks}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Angell, David}}
[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:2001 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century American male writers]]
[[Category:20th-century American screenwriters]]
[[Category:American Airlines Flight 11 victims]]
[[Category:American male screenwriters]]
[[Category:American male television writers]]
[[Category:American television producers]]
[[Category:American television writers]]
[[Category:People from Barrington, Rhode Island]]
[[Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners]]
[[Category:Providence College alumni]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Rhode Island]]
[[Category:American showrunners]]
[[Category:Television show creators]]
[[Category:United States Army soldiers]]