I wonder why they’re not saying why he died.
RIP, 66 is way too young.
That's pretty much standard for these announcements: "after a brief illness," "after a long illness." No need to get conspiratorial. Wikipedia says he died of lymphoma.
Colmes got attacked by fellow liberals who said he was just a "straw man" set up to make Hannity look good. I notice that he came up through radio broadcasting. Nowadays, most talking heads come from politics or political consulting. They have a much more pointed sense of what the "party line" is and how closely and ferociously they have to stick to it. Colmes was more independent and less narrowly partisan than today's liberal mouthpieces.
FWIW, One site says he really got started doing stand-up comedy. Hard to believe.