Jack Hanrahan

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Jack Hanrahan
Born	1933 Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died	April 28, 2008 (age 74-75) Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Occupation	Comedy writer
Nationality	American
Genres	Comedy

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 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.