David Wolf

David Wolf, a writer of screenplays, television scripts, and short stories, whose ability as an editor helped improve the work of many of his writer friends, died peacefully from complications related to Alzheimer's disease on March 28, 2019 at his home in Beverly Hills, California. David Martin Wolf was born in 1943 in Chicago to William Wolf, who had a long career in the food and restaurant business, and the former Bertha Rabinowitz. David graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of California, Berkeley, with a BA in History in 1964 and continued his studies in Government, as the department was called there, as a Harvard Fellow. He met Jamie Rosenthal, a vivacious Radcliffe student, in 1965. They married in 1971; their daughter Kate was born in 1981. David's career as a screenwriter began in a collaboration with Alan Trustman whose credits included The Thomas Crown Affair and Bullitt. David was subsequently a staff writer and consultant for the TV series Men and Life Goes On. He also wrote episodes for, among others, The Wonder Years, and Man of the People. He is survived by his wife Jamie Rosenthal Wolf, a journalist, editor, and producer of documentaries; his daughter Kate, a writer; his son-in-law, the artist Zach Harris; his grandson Vincent; a younger brother, Erwin; and four nieces and nephews.