Emily Levine

Emily Levine (October 20, 1944 - February 3, 2019) was an American humorist, writer, actress and public speaker who lectured on science and the human condition.

Early life

Emily Levine was born in Nashville, and brought up in Connecticut and Brooklyn. After graduating from Harvard, Levine's first job was dubbing Spaghetti Westerns in Rome. On returning to Brooklyn she taught autistic children and joined an improvisational comedy group called The New York City Stickball Team.[1][2]

In the 1980s, Levine became a television writer/producer, working on shows such as Designing Women, Love & War and Dangerous Minds.[1]

Levine was a radio commentator for WNYC in New York. She also has created two one-woman shows: It's Not You, It's the Universe: How to Have Your Cake and Eat It Too and Lose Weight and How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Free Market.[1]

Her diagnosis with Stage IV lung cancer emerged as a theme in her humorous writing, including a blog for the Huffington Post and two blogs on her personal website entitled "The Yoy of Dying" and "Oracle Em." [3] She created, directed, and starred in a film called Emily @ the Edge of Chaos.[3]

She died at her home in Inverness, California on February 3, 2019.

Notes
  1. TED bio
  2. Harry Walker Agency
  3. "Emily Levine: How Do We Make Peace With Death When It's Imminent?". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-03-05.

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