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Kenney died on August 27, 1980, aged 33, after falling from a 35-foot (11 m) cliff called the Hanapepe Valley Lookout. Police found his car the following day. His death was classified as accidental by Kauai police. Found in Kenney's hotel room were notes for projects he had been planning, jokes, and an outline for a new movie.
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...
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Jan 26, 2018 · Doug Kenney, co-founder of National Lampoon, died in 1980 at age 33. The film imagines a food fight at his funeral, inspired by his love of inappropriate comedy and Animal House.
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...
Jan 26, 2018 · This is the needle director David Wain and writers Michael Colton and John Aboud had to thread with A Futile and Stupid Gesture, the new Netflix movie about the life and untimely death of Doug...
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Apr 28, 2021 · Doug Kenney was a driving force behind National Lampoon magazine and their coked-fueled movies. By age 33, he was dead.
