David A. Arnold (March 15, 1968 – September 7, 2022) was an American

stand-up comedian Stand-up comedy is a comedy, comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke ...

, sitcom writer, producer, and actor.

Stand-up comedy

Arnold began performing in 1997. He performed at the Canadian Montreal Comedy Festival, on ''Jamie Foxx Presents Laffapalooza '' ( Comedy Central) with Jamie Foxx and Cedric the Entertainer, '' The Tom Joyner Show'', ''

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'', '' Comics Unleashed'' with Byron Allen, '' ComicView'' ( BET), '' The Mo'Nique Show'' (BET), '' Entourage'' (

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) and ''Def Comedy Jam''.

Screenwriter and actor

Arnold served as writer and producer for the Netflix revival series '' Fuller House''. He wrote episodes of several comedy shows, including '' Bigger'' ( BET+), '' Meet the Browns'' ( TBS), '' The Rickey Smiley Show'' ( TV One), '' Raising Whitley'' ( OWN), '' Tyler Perry's House of Payne'' (TBS), and '' The Tony Rock Project'' ( MyNetworkTV). In 2021, Arnold created the Nickelodeon show ''

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'' and served as showrunner for the series. He appeared in several television series including ''Meet the Browns'', ''A Series of Unfortunate People'' and ''The Tony Rock Project''. Arnold had two stand-up comedy specials on Netflix, ''David A. Arnold: Fat Ballerina'' and ''It Ain't For The Weak'' (July 2022).

Personal life

Arnold was married to Julie L. Harkness; the couple had two daughters, Anna-Grace (b. 2005) and Ashlyn (b. 2007). He was of African-American ancestry.

Death

Arnold died on September 7, 2022, at the age of 54, while at home due to natural causes. An episode of ''

'' titled "Dylan and Rebecca's Cleve-Land-Land Adventure" was dedicated to Arnold.

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