Douglas Clark Francis Kenney was an American comedy writer. He co-founded the magazine National Lampoon in 1970. He went on to write, produce and perform in the influential comedies Animal House and Caddyshack. He died of a heart attack at the age of 48 in 2001.
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Douglas Clark Francis Kenney was an American comedy writer of magazine, novels, radio, TV and film. Kenney co-founded the magazine National Lampoon in 1970. He went on to write, produce and perform in the influential comedies Animal House and Caddyshack. He was one of the originating forces of what became known during the 1970s as the \”new wave\” of comedy: a dark, irreverent style of humor that Kenney used as the basis for the magazine. We see him and fellow co-writer Chris Miller as Hardbar and Stork in Animal House, with only two lines of dialogue. We also see him as Stork’s big brother in the movie Hardbar, when he sabotages the drum major and leads the marching band down the alley in the climax of the film. He died of a heart attack at the age of 48 in 2001.
He is survived by his wife, Alexandra Appleton Garcia-Mata, and their two children, Alexandra and Daniel. He also leaves behind a son, Douglas Clark Kenney, Jr., who was born in Florida in 1961. He had a brother, Daniel, who was also a comedy writer and a son-in-law, David Kohn, who is also a writer and actor. He has a daughter, Emily, who appeared in the film Animal House with Chris Miller and Harold Ramis, as well as in the TV series Caddy’shack, which he also wrote. He and his wife are survived by their daughter, Alexandra, and his son Douglas Clark, Jr. who is in his late 60s. He leaves behind two daughters, Emily and Alexandra, both of whom were also comedy writers and actors, and two sons, Douglas and O.C. Kenner, who are in their early 20s.
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