Breaking: Alan Colmes has died!

[femmocrat]

http://www.mediaite.com/online/breaking-alan-colmes-dead-at-66/

Just heard it on Stephanie Miller. So sad.



I remember listening to him on some little local radio station in the early 1990s. He had a song about Bill Clinton is the greatest president--- Does anyone remember that?

I also remember his announcing when Oksana Baiul won the gold medal at the Olympics, beating out Nancy Kerrigan.

[rpannier]

1. R.I.P.

Sorry to hear it. 66 is not that old. My understanding is that he was a really warm and generous person.

[samplegirl]

2. That is to bad

He was a good Democrat!

[Zoonart]

3. R.I.P.

[Peacetrain]

4. Go in Peace Alan Combs

[jehop61]

5. immediately after this

WCPT in Chicago aired a commercial for his show. Eerie.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Oh no!

I remember when I first listened to him when he was on WABC in the '80s before the station went to hell with Limpballs. Then I remember when he was paired with the newly unleashed Hannity (in the era of "Curtis and Kuby", "Batchelor and Alexander", etc - a Liberal & a Conservative sharing a show).

[mountain grammy]

7. Sad. Rest in peace.

[bigtree]

8. sad news

...there was activity on his twitter account less than an hour ago.

https://twitter.com/AlanColmes

[femmocrat]

9. Wow. nt

[TygrBright]

28. It was very likely 'scheduled' in advance.

One organization I work for has a staffer whose job includes setting up a week's worth of tweets and social media posts at a time, featuring announcements and news releases, etc.

explicatorially,
Bright

[MrScorpio]

10. Rest in power, A.C.

[uponit7771]

11. RIP

[Bengus81]

12. A tweet from him 57 SECONDS ago and no story on CNN about Alan....What gives??

[demmiblue]

14. It was probably a scheduled tweet. n/t

[malaise]

17. Not likely

He is dead

[WePurrsevere]

18. You can schedule Tweets ahead of time and they're posted automatically.

Also a lot of Twitter and FB posts aren't actually done by the celebrity but by an employee or volunteer.

[LovingA2andMI]

26. Prescheduled Tweets

Not unusual. Likely not a family member. Just prescheduled tweets.

[workinclasszero]

13. Thats sad

RIP Alan, you tried to make the world a better place.

[Bengus81]

15. I just sent a tweet to him. If some family member is using his account they should stop....nt

[demmiblue]

16. Way too young.

RIP and kind thoughts to his family.

[calendargirl]

19. Too young. R.I.P. dear man.

[Paladin]

20. RIP. I'm confident he's in heaven.

He did his time in hell here on earth, being in close proximity to Hannity.

[Ligyron]

21. That's way too young.

Very sad.

I wouldn't think the poisonous atmosphere at Fox would be good for anyone's health.

R.I.P.

[Roland99]

22. Aw geez.

[Johonny]

23. FOX never let him shine, but he was great on the radio

[RKP5637]

24. A wonderful, kind and nice person. I was always amazed at how he and Shawn Hannity

got along so well together on their show when it was on.

[DownriverDem]

25. RIP Alan

I listened to him every night on WCPT as I was laying in bed. He'd been off a while and they had guest hosts. His web site had a message that he was taking care of an illness. Does anyone know what he died from? He will really be missed.

[LeftInTX]

27. How sad

[yuiyoshida]

29. I always saw him once On Fox News...

and he kept losing an argument with the right wingers, and I got the impression he was there as red meat bait, for them to jump on and devour.

[anneboleyn]

30. He was married to Monica Crowley's sister. I missed him -- he used to be on Fox then he stopped

making appearances. Last time I saw him he didn't look well but I didn't think it was much beyond past a cold. I am very sad to hear this!

[vkkv]

31. Very sad, he was too young and too good of a person.

[Fla Dem]

32. I used to listen to him when I lived in the Philly area. He was the only Liberal I could find

on the radio. Wouldn't watch him on Hannity and Colmes though. Just couldn't stomach Hannity.

RIP Alan, thanks for being a rational voice.

[LisaM]

33. I was sorry to hear this.

RIP.