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Alan Donnes Dies: Producer, Writer, Comic & Former National Lampoon Chief Was 57
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deadline.comErik Pedersen Managing EditorAlan Donnes, who worked as a stand-up comic before producing films, acting, doing radio, writing about sports and running National Lampoon, died July 8 of bacterial meningitis in Los Angeles.
He was 57 and had been hospitalized for three weeks. His longtime friend Ken Trahan confirmed the news.A native of New Orleans, Donnes fairly epitomized “multihyphenate.” Hr toured as a stand-up comic for several years before producing a local radio show that focused mostly on the NFL and its New Orleans Saints.
He later wrote a book titled Patron Saints: How the Saints Gave New Orleans a Reason to Believe about the team’s post-Katrina impact on the city.
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