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Alan Colmes conducting an interview in 2004 after a presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Alan Colmes
Died on February 23, 2017 at age 66
Mr. Colmes was a mild-mannered and moderately liberal sparring partner with the conservative firebrand Sean Hannity for 12 years on “Hannity and Colmes,” Fox News Channel’s most conspicuous effort to fulfill its “fair and balanced” credo.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.