David Steven Cohen, Head Writer on ‘Courage the Cowardly Dog,’ Dies at 66

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1. >David Steven Cohen, an Emmy-winning writer and composer who served as head writer on “Courage the Cowardly Dog,” died March 15 of cancer in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was 66.

   >Born in Brooklyn, Cohen started out working with Steve Martin on a comedy-anthology series for CBS. He then became a writer for “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” and “ALF,” co-creating and executive producing NBC’s animated “ALFTales.”

   >Cartoon Network’s “Courage the Cowardly Dog” premiered in 1999 and ran for four seasons. Cartoon Network remembered Cohen on Instagram, writing “Thank you, David, for your work on the strangely beautiful world of Courage, lovingly adding to our childhood trauma while teaching poignant life lessons. How you’ve brought to life a scared but courageous little dog reminds us that we can do anything, even if we’re afraid.”

   >He is survived by his wife Andrea and two sons.

2. Rest in peace Steven

3. Variety is extremely late on reporting this

4. Return the steven

5. Sad. Courage was one of my favorites.
   So many random little moments

6. Courage is my fav animated show and a major inspiration. RIP. 🖤

7. Rest in Peace my dude.

   Hope courage and space ghost get to have interaction up there. 👆

8. RIP Steven, thank you for writing an awesome and great show!!!

9. Courage is such an icon I can’t believe it was only 4 seasons. Feels like so much more.

10. That wasn’t in the script

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