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Alan Colmes, a longtime contributor to Fox News Channel, and one of its original primetime hosts, has passed away at age 66. “Alan Colmes passed away this morning after a brief illness. He was 66-years-old,” a statement from Colmes’ family said. “He leaves his adoring and devoted wife, Jocelyn Elise Crowley. He was a great guy, brilliant, hysterical, and moral. He was fiercely loyal, and the only thing he loved more than his work was his life with Jocelyn. He will be missed. The family has asked for privacy during this very difficult time.” The news was reported on Fox News’s dayside program “America’s Newsroom,” on which Colmes regularly appeared. His former co-host on “Hannity & Colmes,” Sean Hannity, voiced a tribute to his life and career. “The Fox family, Dr. Jocelyn Colmes, Monica Crowley and me personally have lost one of life’s most decent, kind and wonderful people you’d ever want to meet,” said Hannity in a statement. “When Alan and I started Hannity an...