David Rakoff, Canadian-American actor and journalist (born 1964)

David Rakoff

Canadian-American humorist and essayist (1964–2012)

David Benjamin Rakoff was a Canadian-born American writer of prose and poetry based in New York City, who wrote humorous and sometimes autobiographical non-fiction essays. Rakoff was an essayist, journalist, and actor, and a regular contributor to WBEZ's This American Life.…