What is Alan Colmes?
{{Infobox person | name = Alan Colmes | image = Alan Colmes 2014 with backdrop.jpg | caption = Colmes in 2014 | birth_name = Alan Samuel Colmes | birth_date = {{birth date|1950|9|24}} | birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age |2017|2|23|1950|9|24}} | death_place = [[Manhattan]], New York City, New York, U.S. | education = [[Hofstra University]] | occupation = Television and radio host, [[political commentator]], writer, [[blog]]ger | employer = [[Fox News Channel]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Jocelyn Elise Crowley]]|2003}} | website = {{ConditionalURL}} | alias = }} '''Alan Samuel Colmes''' (September 24, 1950 &ndash; February 23, 2017) was an American [[radio personality|radio]] and [[television host]], former comedian and author. His talk radio show is distributed by Fox News Radio. He was the writer of the book, ''Red, White and Liberal: How Left is Right and Right is Wrong''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.curledup.com/redwhite.htm |title=Red, White & Liberal: How Left is Right and Right is Wrong |access-date=2010-03-11 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305045358/http://www.curledup.com/redwhite.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> From 1996 to 2009, Colmes was the co-host of ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]'', a nightly political debate show on Fox News Channel. Colmes died at a [[Manhattan]] medical center on February 23, 2017, at the age of 66 after suffering from [[lymphoma]]. <ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/alan-colmes-co-host-of-hannity-and-colmes-and-liberal-in-lions-den-of-fox-news-dies-at-66/2017/02/23/e95ddfae-f9d9-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html?utm_term=.9197c1773137 | title=Alan Colmes, co-host of 'Hannity & Colmes' and liberal in 'lion's den' of Fox News, dies at 66 | first=Emily | last=Langer | date=2017-02-23 | newspaper=Washington Post | access-date=2017-02-23