Dave Freeman, co-author of 100 Things to Do Before You Die, has died.

He passed away August 17 after hitting his head in a fall at his Venice,
Calif., home, his father, Roy Freeman, told the Los Angeles Times on Monday.

He was 47.

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Freeman co-wrote the popular 1999 book that reminded mortal readers that "this life is a short journey."

Among the things he and Neil Teplica urged readers to do: Attend the Academy Awards; run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain; take a voodoo pilgrimage in Haiti.

Freeman's relatives told the LA Times that 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 have," Teplica said.

The book inspired many a spoof, including 100 Things Project Managers Should Do Before They Die and 100 Things Cowboys Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die.

Freeman, a California native, had moved to New York to work for Grey Advertising in 1986.

On Sept. 11, 2001, he watched the second plane hit the World Trade Center from his apartment just blocks away.

Deeply affected, he moved back to Southern California to be closer to his family.

According to his father, Freeman was famous for saying, "'We're going to the future. Do you want to come along?' It always made everybody laugh."

In addition to his father and aunt, Freeman's survivors include his stepmother, Barbara, and a sister, Virginia Freeman Robb. His mother, Anne,
died in 1995.

r.i.p

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