# David Freedman

david freedman (April 26, 1898 – December 8, 1936) was a Romanian-born American playwright and biographer who became known as the "King of the Gag-writers" in the early days of radio. == Biography == david freedman was born in Botoșani, Romania, as the first child and only son of Sara and Israel Freedman. Israel, a political refugee, immigrated with his young family to the United States in 1900, where four years later, David's sister Sophie became the first Freedman born in the U.S. Freedman graduated from the City College of New York in 1918, the first in his family to complete a formal education beyond high school.