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'''Douglas Clark Kenney''' ([[10 December|December 10]], [[1947]]- [[29 August|August 29]], [[1980]]) is the co-author of ''[[Bored of the Rings (book)|Bored of the Rings]]''. He was a creative mastermind at, and a co-founder of ''National Lampoon''. While he and fellow collegiate Henry Beard were at Harvard, they both wrote for the ''Harvard Lampoon''. They both collectively wrote the unlicensed parody of the Lord of the Rings saga, ''Bored of the Rings''. It was an instant bestseller before they even graduated.
'''Douglas Clark Kenney''' ([[10 December|December 10]], [[1947]]- [[29 August|August 29]], [[1980]]) was the co-author of ''[[Bored of the Rings (book)|Bored of the Rings]]''. He was a creative mastermind at, and a co-founder of National Lampoon. He died falling of a cliff in Hawaii.
 
Kenney wrote countless pieces for the National Lampoon, as well as served as co-editor. He also went on to found the ''National Lampoon Radio Hour'', which he also wrote for. He eventually co-wrote the screenplay for the classic movie National Lampoon's Animal House, which he also appeared in as "The Stork". He also co-wrote Caddyshack for Orion Pictures and Warner Bros, which he had another cameo in as a friend of the Rodney Dangerfield's character. There seemed to be no limit to his success, but Kenney himself died after falling of a cliff in Hawaii in the year of 1980 while trying to get clean from numerous substances he was abusing. It was never official whether it was a suicide or not.  


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.nationallampoon.com/ National Lampoon]
*[http://www.nationallampoon.com/ National Lampoon]
 
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Douglas Clark Kenney (December 10, 1947- August 29, 1980) was the co-author of Bored of the Rings. He was a creative mastermind at, and a co-founder of National Lampoon. He died falling of a cliff in Hawaii.

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