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David Was is, with his stage-brother Don Was, the founder of the celebrated 1980s pop group, Was. Was was born in Detroit, Michigan. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Was left his native Detroit for California, and found employment as the jazz critic for the now-defunct Hearst daily, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, where he forged friendships with Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis and Mel Torm