Alan Colmes, a top-rated television commentator who, as co-host with conservative Sean Hannity of “Hannity & Colmes,” became best known as the liberal in the “lion’s den” of Fox News, has died at a hospital in Manhattan. Mr. Colmes joined the fledging Fox News Channel in 1996 and hosted the political talk show with Hannity for 12 years. “I feel quite lucky to have the platforms I have on both television and radio,” Mr. Colmes continued. Mr. Colmes graduated in 1971 from Hofstra University on Long Island before venturing into radio and then television. Hannity, who knew Mr. Colmes from his own radio work, joined Fox at its inception and was slated to host a show privately dubbed “Hannity & LTBD” — “Liberal to Be Determined.” The “liberal to be determined” turned out to be Mr. Colmes.

Source: Washington Post February 23, 2017 16:37 UTC