LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The man who was the liberal voice to the hard-right Sean Hannity on Fox News has died.

Alan Colmes died Thursday morning after a brief illness.

He joined Fox in 1996. That year, he and Hannity started their 12-year run as co-hosts of the popular Hannity and Colmes program.

Colmes was 66 years old.

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