David Burnham
|birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = Spruce Head, Maine, U.S. |alma_mater = Harvard University (BA) |occupation = Journalist |spouse = }} |children = 2 }}David Bright Burnham (January 24, 1933 – October 1, 2024) was an American investigative journalist who worked for ''The New York Times''. His work investigating corruption in the New York Police Department, in which a key source was detective Frank Serpico, served as a basis for the 1973 film ''Serpico''. Provided by Wikipedia