Dave Freeman, coauthor of "C Things to Do Before You Die," a journey guide and ode to odd adventures that divine readers and imitators, died after hitting his headland in a fall at his home. He was 47.
Freeman died Aug. 17 after the fall at his Venice home, his father, Roy Freeman, told the Los Angeles Times on Monday.
An advertising agency executive, Freeman co-wrote the 1999 book subtitled "Travel Events You Just Can't Miss" with Neil Teplica. It was based on the Web site whatsgoingon.com, which the geminate ran together from 1996 to 2001.
"This life is a unforesightful journey," the book says. "How lav you make sure you fill it with the most fun and that you visit all the coolest places on land before you pack those bags for the identical last time?"
Freeman's relatives aforesaid he visited about half the places on his list before he died, and either he or Teplica had been to nearly all of them.
"He didn't have enough days, but he lived them like he should get," Teplica said.
The book's recommendations ranged from the obvious - attendance the Academy Awards and running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain - to the more obscure - taking a hoodooism pilgrimage in Haiti and "land dive" on the Island of Vanuatu, which Freeman erstwhile called "the original bungee jumping."
It included goofy art with each entry, indicating that some activities were "down and dirty," and others "grandma friendly."
The success of "100 Things" elysian dozens of like-minded books, with titles such as "100 Things Project Managers Should Do Before They Die" and "100 Things Cowboys Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die."
Freeman graduated from the University of Southern California in 1983, briefly working for an ad authority in Newport Beach before moving to New York to work for Grey Advertising.
On Sept. 11, 2001, Freeman watched the second plane hit the World Trade Center from his apartment hardly blocks away. He touched back to Southern California to be closer to his family.
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Information from: Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com
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