Fox News commentator Alan Colmes has died

Fox News commentator and host Alan Colmes has died, according to a report from Fox News.

According to Fox News, Colmes was 66-years-old.

Holmes was the best-know liberal commentator on Fox News for years and was a co-host with conservative Sean Hannity on the show ‘Hannity and Colmes.’

That was one of the first shows launched on the network when it started in 1996.

Fox spokeswoman Dana Klinghoffer confirmed his death Thursday. Fox also aired a tribute to Colmes, narrated by Hannity, and a statement from his family saying that he died Thursday morning after "a brief illness." Colmes was 66 and is survived by his wife, Jocelyn Elise Crowley, the sister of longtime Fox contributor Monica Crowley. In a statement issued through Fox, Hannity called Colmes "one of life's most decent, kind and wonderful people."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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