David Liederman

Liederman was born on March 15, 1949, in Manhattan, New York. He was the son of Adele Kaplan, director of the Rutgers University Small Business Development Center's women division, and Donald E. Liederman, chairman and president of the Capital Energy Corporation, an‐oil drilling business based in Beverly Hills. He had a brother named William. His parents divorced when he was three years old, and his brother was one year old. He was raised in Princeton, New Jersey. Arthur Adlerstein, Liederman's stepfather, was a professor of psychology at Princeton University. Liederman attended the Hun School of Princeton. Liederman attended Denison University in Granville, Ohio, and later graduated from State University of New York, college at Old Westbury, receiving a law degree. == Career ==

When he was 19, Liederman went to France, he met the Troisgros brothers, which led to his interest in finding a career preparing food. In 1990 David co-wrote a diet book called ''David's Delicious Weight-Loss Program'' with freelance writer Joan Schwartz. In the mid-1990s Liederman opened a theme restaurant, Television City, in Rockefeller Center. Liederman sold David's Cookies in 1996. After being acquired by the New Jersey–based Fairfield Gourmet Foods Corp., David's Cookies evolved into a full line dessert supplier. Despite being more known for his cookie products, Liederman's passion was the restaurant world. He would open various restaurants, including grills, throughout the state of New York. ==Personal life and death==

From 1994 up until his death in 2024, Liederman lived in Katonah, New York. with whom he had two daughters, Katie Liederman, a psychotherapist, and Elizabeth Liederman Rossi, who worked in marketing for the New York Yankees. Liederman died in Mount Kisco, New York, on July 4, 2024, at the age of 75. According to his wife, his cause of death was a heart attack, though he was also being treated for myelofibrosis. ==References==