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Occupation
  
Comedy writer

Role
  
Writer

Nationality
  
American

Books
  
Retail Strategy

Genre
  
Comedy

Ex-spouse
  
Rosemarie Donovan

Name
  
Jack Hanrahan


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Died
  
April 28, 2008, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Awards
  
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing Achievement In Music Or Variety

Movies
  
Up Your Alley, Ziggy's Gift, Little House on the Prairie

Similar People
  
Andy Heyward, Chuck Patton, Hart Pomerantz, Marc London, Allan Manings

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Jack Hanrahan (1933 – April 28, 2008) was an American comedy writer.

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Biography

Born January 16, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio, he began writing cartoons for the Cleveland Press. After that, he moved on to Hollywood, California and continued his writing career with work on Get Smart. Then, in 1968, he won an Emmy for his work on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. Following this, he moved on to Marcus Welby, M.D., The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, Police Woman, The Waltons, and CHiPs. In the 1980s and '90s, he worked on a scattering of television shows and movies, including co-writing the Super Mario World episode "The Wheel Thing" and serving as one of four writers for the second season (1985–86) of the cartoon series Inspector Gadget, as well as writing & co-writing shorts for the 1980 revival of Tom & Jerry. Hanrahan teamed-up for a while with Eleanor Burian-Mohr and wrote for many animation shows. He also co-starred in the motion picture 'Up Your Alley' in 1988 for writer/director, Bob Logan.

Hanrahan left Beverly Hills for Eureka in northern California in 1992. After losing his wife in 2004, he was stricken with grief. He would still entertain at charity events and retirement homes but never found his way back to happiness. In 2006, he was evicted following a garage fire and all of his possessions, including his Emmy, were seized by his landlord. He began to wander the streets. Jack Riley, an old friend, tried to help Hanrahan, but was unsuccessful.

After friends in Eureka bought him a bus ticket, he returned to his hometown of Cleveland, where he remained homeless until his death. Hanrahan was featured on the front page of The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) on March 22, 2007, detailing his homelessness. He died on April 28, 2008.

References

Jack Hanrahan Wikipedia


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