Sanford Jay "Sandy" Frank, also known as Sandy Frank (July 21, 1954 – April 18, 2014), was a television writer who was known as a writer for Late Night with David Letterman.
He joined the writing staff for Late Night after running into his old college friend Jim Downey who served as head writer for the Letterman show and had been an original staff writer for Saturday Night Live.
He also wrote for In Living Color and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
[1] Frank was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and had a wife and three daughters.
He died of brain cancer on April 18, 2014, aged 59.