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Date of Birth
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27-November-1964
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Place of Birth
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Montreal
(Canada, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Québec)
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Nationality
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United States of America, Canada
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Also know as
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David Benjamin Rakoff
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Profession
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Journalist, Essayist, Writer, Actor, Author
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David Benjamin Rakoff was a Canadian-born American writer based in New York City who was noted for his humorous, sometimes autobiographical non-fiction essays. Rakoff was an essayist, journalist, and actor, and a regular contributor to WBEZ's This American Life. Rakoff described himself as a "New York writer" who also happened to be a "Canadian writer", a "mega Jewish writer", a "gay writer" and an "East Asian Studies major who has forgotten most of his Japanese" writer.
Rakoff died of cancer in Manhattan on August 9, 2012.
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