David Steven Cohen, an Emmy-winning author and composer who served as head author on “Braveness the Cowardly Canine,” died March 15 of most cancers in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was 66.
Born in Brooklyn, Cohen began out working with Steve Martin on a comedy-anthology collection for CBS. He then grew to become a author for “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” and “ALF,” co-creating and govt producing NBC’s animated “ALFTales.”
On the teenager comedy “Parker Lewis Can’t Lose,” Cohen served as co-executive producer and head author, and likewise served as co-executive producer on Fox’s “Dwelling Single.”
He co-wrote the animated function “Balto” for exec producer Steven Spielberg.
Cohen acquired two Emmy nominations and a Writers Guild Award for Nickelodeon’s “The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss,” and labored with Amy Sedaris and Stephen Colbert as consulting producer of Comedy Central’s “Strangers With Sweet.”
Cartoon Community’s “Braveness the Cowardly Canine” premiered in 1999 and ran for 4 seasons. Cartoon Community remembered Cohen on Instagram, writing “Thanks, David, on your work on the surprisingly stunning world of Braveness, lovingly including to our childhood trauma whereas instructing poignant life classes. The way you’ve delivered to life a scared however brave little canine reminds us that we will do something, even when we’re afraid.”
He was once more Emmy-nominated for the PBS animated collection “Arthur,” and received a Daytime Emmy in 2016 for PBS’ “Peg + Cat.”
As a lyricist and composer, Cohen had his songs carried out by Elaine Stritch, Jimmy Fallon and extra, and wrote music and soundtrack songs for films and reveals together with “House Racers” and “Clifford’s Actually Large Film.”
He additionally wrote the libretto for the opera “Lilith,” which premiered at Lincoln Middle in 2001. Cohen’s long-time writing companion was Roger S.H. Shulman.
He’s survived by his spouse Andrea and two sons.
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