Jack Hanrahan

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name = Jack Hanrahan
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birthdate = 1933
birthplace = Cleveland, Ohio, United States
deathdate = April 28 2008 (age 74-75)
deathplace = Cleveland, Ohio, United States
occupation = Comedy writer
nationality = American
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Jack Hanrahan (1933 - April 28 2008) was an American Emmy Award-winning comedy writer. Born 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 a main writer for the second season (1985-86) of the cartoon series "Inspector Gadget".

Hanrahan left Beverly Hills for Eureka in northern California in 1992. Following a garage fire, however, he was evicted, and all of his possessions were seized by the landlord, including his Emmy. After losing his wife in 2004, 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 came back to his hometown of Cleveland, where he had been homeless until his death.

Hanrahan was featured on the front page of the "(Cleveland, Ohio) Plain Dealer" on March 22 2007, detailing his homelessness.

He died on April 28 2008.

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* [http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9086704 Former 'Laugh In' writer Hanrahan dies at 75]