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David Brooks Andrews

Wellesley, Massachusetts

Jun 1, 1954 – Mar 25, 2023

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BORN
June 1, 1954
DIED
March 25, 2023
LOCATION
Wellesley, Massachusetts

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David Brooks Andrews, writer, critic, photographerLong-time theater critic and photographer, David Brooks Andrews, passed away at his home in Wellesley on March 25, 2023. Early in his life he discovered his innate love for literature and the arts, an interest that led him into an unconventional...

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David will live long in the memory of many students and colleagues at Wellesley College. He was an incisive and deeply respected journalist. He told the absolute truth but always with a sense of understanding of the challenges in any script. As a photographer he captured those moments in a production that are precise telling of the story and the subtext. As a friend he was beyond compare, loyal and steadfast in the good times and the bad. He created the loveliest of desserts which were shared...

Although David lived off campus with his parents, he was assigned to membership in my dorm on campus. When he entered as a freshman, I was a senior. From the start, I remember his thoughtful questions and observations. He was a strong and valued contributor to our campus life from the start. I did not see him again for fifty years until meeting at a memorial service last year near Boston. Those years of being out of touch were my loss.