into their Hall of Fame in 2003. Personal life Brenner had three children: Cole, Slade, and Wyatt. He and the mother of Cole, his first son, fought a custody battle for several years. Brenner finally won child custody in 1992. Because family courts would have regarded him as an absentee father if he were away from home more than 50 nights a year, Brenner substantially reduced the number of appearances in his stand-up comedy work, including performances on the Tonight Show, in order to secure and maintain custody of his son. Brenner married Elizabeth Slater of New York, the mother of his sons Slade and Wyatt, in the closing minutes of his David Brenner: Back with a Vengeance! HBO Special recorded in Las Vegas, on February 19, 2000. They divorced a little over a year later with Brenner claiming their first year of marriage was "the best year I had in my whole life ... I was the happiest man in the world" but then she grew "into this new person" and he didn't fit into her new lifestyle. They fought two custody battles, both of which Brenner won. Brenner was engaged to Tai Babilonia in 2005, but they never married. For a while in the 2000s, Brenner lived in Las Vegas. Death Brenner died on March 15, 2014, at age 78, from pancreatic cancer at his Manhattan home. References External links David Brenner on VisitPA.com sharing what he likes to do in Philly David Brenner at the Comedy Hall of Fame Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia website NYTimes obit. 1936 births 2014 deaths 20th-century American comedians 21st-century American comedians 21st-century American Jews American documentary filmmakers American male comedians American stand-up comedians American television talk show hosts Deaths from cancer in New York (state) Jewish American male actors Jewish American male comedians Jewish American military personnel Jewish American writers Male actors from Philadelphia Temple University alumni United States Army soldiers