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'''Douglas Clark Kenney''' ([[10 December|December 10]], [[1947]]- [[29 August|August 29]], [[1980]]) is the co-author of ''[[Bored of the Rings (book)|Bored of the Rings]]''. He was a creative mastermind at, and a co-founder of National Lampoon. He died falling of a cliff in Hawaii. | '''Douglas Clark Kenney''' ([[10 December|December 10]], [[1947]]- [[29 August|August 29]], [[1980]]) is the co-author of ''[[Bored of the Rings (book)|Bored of the Rings]]''. He was a creative mastermind at, and a co-founder of ''National Lampoon''. His family sent him to Harvard where he spent most of his time doing drugs and writing for the school's satirical newsletter, ''The Harvard Lampoon''. He enjoyed it greatly and it seemed to be all he could do. So he convinced his friend Henry Beard who also wrote for the newsletter to join him in releasing a nationally syndicated version. A magazine that was satirically anarchic in the vein of WASP and Irish-Catholic humor. He died falling of a cliff in Hawaii. | ||
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Douglas Clark Kenney (December 10, 1947- August 29, 1980) is the co-author of Bored of the Rings. He was a creative mastermind at, and a co-founder of National Lampoon. His family sent him to Harvard where he spent most of his time doing drugs and writing for the school's satirical newsletter, The Harvard Lampoon. He enjoyed it greatly and it seemed to be all he could do. So he convinced his friend Henry Beard who also wrote for the newsletter to join him in releasing a nationally syndicated version. A magazine that was satirically anarchic in the vein of WASP and Irish-Catholic humor. He died falling of a cliff in Hawaii.
