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1. nypost.com › 2018/01/25 › the-tragic-life-and-deathThe tragic life and death of a ‘National Lampoon’ legend

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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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   Kathryn Walker ( c. 1976–1980, his death) 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. [2] He went on to write, produce, and ...

   • Occupation: Screenwriter, magazine editor
   • Genre: Humor

   • Years active: 1965–1980
   • Partner: Kathryn Walker (?–1980, his death)

3. www.npr.org › 2006/09/10 › 6044626'Futile Gesture,' a Serious Bio of Funnyman Kenney : NPR

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   Sep 10, 2006 · Josh Karp's biography A Futile and Stupid Gesture chronicles the life, comedy and untimely death of National Lampoon co-founder Doug Kenney. The title comes from a line Kenney penned for the ...

4. classic.esquire.com › article › 1981/10/1The Life and Death of a Comic Genius | Esquire | OCTOBER 1981

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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 success stories in publishing. The movie Animal House, which he co-wrote, made more money than any comedy in history.

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5. videttearchive.ilstu.eduDeath ruled accidental — The Vidette 5 September 1980 — The ...

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   Sep 5, 1980 · Death ruled accidental. 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. "Our investigation has ended," said Kauai Police CapL ...

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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. ... The Short Life and Tragic Death of the Comic Genius Behind Animal House ...

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   Comedy writer and humorist Doug Kenney completely changed the American comedic landscape. After co-founding Harvard and National Lampoon-- he brought a spec...

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   How old was Doug Kenney when he died?

   • 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 warning sign and strolled to the edge of a 30-foot-high cliff. From there, he either fell to his death or jumped. He was 33 years old.

   The tragic life and death of a ‘National Lampoon’ legend

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   Who is Doug Kenney?

   • Josh Karp takes a thoughtful look at Doug Kenney's life and work. Doug Kenney was rarely photographed. He's shown here at the 1978 premiere of 'Animal House.' The comic talent behind National Lampoon magazine and the long-lived comic romps Caddyshack and Animal House lived a wild life... and a short one.

   'Futile Gesture,' a Serious Bio of Funnyman Kenney : NPR

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   What happened to Doug Kenney?

   • He numbed his mind with drugs, made chronically bad decisions and, after his older brother died of kidney disease in his 20s, believed his parents wished he had died instead. “Doug was lost,” says Josh Karp, author of 2008’s “ A Futile and Stupid Gesture: How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever ,” on which the film is based.

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   Did Doug Kenney have kidneys?

   • Doug Kenney (left) with managing editor Robert Hoffman looking at the first issue of National Lampoon, 1970. Somehow, he had convinced himself that he was responsible. A part of him felt selfish for having healthy kidneys of his own. His parents did not help matters.

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