David Rayfiel, American screenwriter (Out of Africa, Three Days of the Condor), died from heart failure he was , 87.

David Rayfiel was an American screenwriter and frequent collaborator of director Sydney Pollack (1934–2008) died  from heart failure he was , 87.. Born in Brooklyn, New York, his father was congressman Leo F. Rayfiel (1888–1978).

(September 9, 1923 – June 22, 2011)

His first marriage ended in divorce. His second wife was actress Maureen Stapleton (1925–2006), from 1963–66, before that union also ended in divorce.^[2]
His former house at Day, New York, known as David Rayfiel House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[3]

Death

He died on June 22, 2011 of heart failure, aged 87, in Manhattan. He was survived by his third wife, Lynne Schwarzenbek-Rayfiel and his biological daughter, Eliza Roberts, who was adopted by loving father, Don Garrett. David Rayfiel also had two grandchildren, Keaton Simons and Morgan Simons.

Awards

In 1976, he received an Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay for Three Days of the Condor with Lorenzo Semple, Jr. He received a César Award in 1981 for Death Watch.

Screenplays

• The Slender Thread (uncredited) (1965)
• This Property is Condemned (1966)
• Castle Keep (1969)
• Valdez Is Coming (1971)
• Lipstick (1976)
• Three Days of the Condor (1976)
• Death Watch (1980)
• Absence of Malice (1981)
• Round Midnight (1986)
• The Morning After (uncredited) (1986)
• Havana (1990)
• The Firm (1993)
• Intersection (1994)
• Sabrina (1995)
• Random Hearts (uncredited) (1999)

 

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