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Jan 25, 2018 · Doug Kenney was a comic genius — but his untimely passing was inarguably tragic. While vacationing in Hawaii in 1980, the National Lampoon magazine co-founder and OG of snark walked past a ...
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Douglas Clark Francis Kenney (December 10, 1946 – August 27, 1980) was an American comedy writer of magazine, novels, radio, TV and film, who co-founded the magazine National Lampoon in 1970. Kenney edited the magazine and wrote much of its early material.
Jan 26, 2018 · The comedy film imagines a food fight at the funeral of Doug Kenney, co-founder of National Lampoon, who died in 1980. The scene is inspired by his love of inappropriate humor and his legacy in comedy.
Sep 10, 2006 · Doug Kenney died in August 1980 after a fall from a cliff in Hawaii. He was just 33. Kenney wrote much of the material that helped the likes of John Belushi, Bill Murray and Chevy Chase...
Apr 28, 2021 · Doug Kenney was a driving force behind National Lampoon magazine and their coked-fueled movies. By age 33, he was dead.
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Oct 1, 1981 · The Life and Death of a Comic Genius. Doug Kenney's brilliance was his humor, and everything it touched turned to gold. The National Lampoon, which he co-founded, became one of the biggest...
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Sep 5, 1980 · LIHUE, Hawaii (UPI) — Police investigators Thursday ruled accidental the death of Douglas Kenney, co-founder of the National Lampoon humor magazine and writer-producer of the movie "Animal House," who apparently fell off a cliff on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.