Alan Samuel Colmes (September 24, 1950 – February 23, 2017) was an American radio and television host, liberal political commentator for the Fox News Channel, and blogger. From 1996 to 2009, Colmes served as the co-host, along with Sean Hannity, of Hannity & Colmes, a nightly political debate show on Fox News Channel. He was the host of The Alan Colmes Show, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show distributed by Fox News Radio that was broadcast throughout the United States on Fox News Talk on Sirius and XM. Beginning in 2015, Colmes supplied…