Alan Samuel Colmes (September 24, 1950 – February 23, 2017) was an American radio and television host, former comedian and author. His talk radio|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. 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.