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And the Beard stands alone

The second of the three original founders of National Lampoon has died. AP is reporting that noted Dallas philanthropist Robert K. Hoffman has died at age 59 after battling leukemia. Henry Beard is the surviving founder of the magazine cited by many comedians as an early comedic influence.

The third founder, Doug Kenney, died in the early 1980s.

That’s how the un-bylined AP story phrased it. How odd is that? At the very least, hit Wikipedia. (It was August 27, 1980. He fell/jumped from a cliff in Hawaii. At age 32.)