David Jacobs

Screenwriter

Birthday August 12, 1939

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Maryland

DEATH DATE Aug 20, 2023 (84)

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About

Television writer who became famous for writing the original soap opera Dallas as well as Knots Landing. In 2005, he wrote Knots Landing Reunion: Together Again.

Before Fame

He moved to New York to work on Grolier's encyclopedia after graduating with a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Trivia

He wrote, produced, directed, and created the series Paradise, which aired from 1988 to 1991.

Family Life

He had a daughter named Alben with Lynn Pieshette before they divorced. He died from Alzheimer's. 

Associated With

He wrote the series Dallas, which starred Barbara Bel Geddes.