Sanford Jay "Sandy" Frank, also known as Sandy Frank (July 21, 1954 – April 18, 2014), was a television writer who was known as a writer for '' Late Night with David Letterman''. He wrote for Letterman's

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show for four years, during which the show won four Emmy Awards for comedy-variety writing. Frank had a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a law degree from Harvard and had written for ''

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''. He joined the writing staff for ''Late Night'' after running into his old college friend Jim Downey who served as head writer for the Letterman show and had been an original staff writer for ''

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''. He also wrote for ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Other

In 2011, he authored his first book, ''The Inner Game of Screenwriting''.

Personal life

Frank was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and had a wife and three daughters. He died of brain cancer on April 18, 2014, aged 59.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frank, Sanford Jay 1954 births 2014 deaths American comedy writers Primetime Emmy Award winners American male television writers The Harvard Lampoon alumni Deaths from brain cancer in California Writers from Springfield, Massachusetts Harvard Law School alumni Late Night with David Letterman Screenwriters from Massachusetts