everything under the sun. and he was a neighbor of mine in greenwich village in new york city and shared a great love for the neighborhood and the restaurants and life of new york city. our best to his family and tough week around here when you think about brenda buttner from the other day and now we ve lost two really dear colleagues. shannon: so amazing both of them and so different in their personalities and the way they tackled life. with alan, no matter where you were with him on issues, he always stuck to his point and defended it with gusto and a great sense of humor, able to laugh at life and himself as well. i felt like smiling. bill: you think about what they created with sean and alan together. it s a great loss around here and to alan in the heavens at the age of 66, we say so long until another time and i reminder along with the passing of brenda, just how precious life is every day.
alan would use that great sense of humor to combat some of his tough critics, but off the air alan found love. i haven t called a guest honey since newt gingrich. in june 2003 she married jocelyne crowley a professor at rutgers university and another milestone four months later his debut non-fiction view red, white and liberal. never one to back down to controversy his hard hitting interview style made him greatly admired by both political parties. alan lived to entertain you, the american people. telling the news how he saw it and taking his audience through some of the most significant moments of our time. today the fox news channel lost a very dear member of our family, one of the nicest, kindest, friendliest people and
the dear personal friend, our friend, alan colmes. bill: our friend sean hannity releasing this statement as well. the fox family, dr. jocelyne colmes, monica crowley and me have lost one of life s most wonderful people you would ever want to meet. with we started hannity and colmes there wasn t a day that we didn t see we were the two most fortunate men on television. we forged a deep friendship. alan in the midst of great sickness and illness showed the single greatest amount of courage i ve ever seen. and through it all he showed his incredible wit and humor that was alan s signature throughout his life. i m heartbroken with the loss of a dear friend. our thoughts and prayers are with jocelyne, monica and his entire family. he will be dearly missed. that from sean a moment ago. i can t emphasize that enough. alan was a great guy. i loved to talk with him. i loved to debate him. i loved to get his opinions on