David Stewart Freeman (February 21, 1961 – August 17, 2008) was an American advertising executive.
The book's recommendations ranged from attending the Academy Awards and running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, to the more obscure, like taking a voodoo pilgrimage in Haiti and "land diving" in Vanuatu, which Freeman once called "the original bungee jumping".
[1] The success of 100 Things spawned numerous similar compendia of essential places and things such as 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, leaving a legacy of "... Before You Die" and "Before You Turn 40" books still in the bestseller charts today.
On September 11, 2001, Freeman watched the second plane hit the World Trade Center from his apartment just blocks away.
[3] Freeman died in his Venice, California, home on August 17, 2008, after falling and hitting his head.