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  SR.com: Danny Sugerman, major devotee of the Doors, dies at 50
LOS ANGELES – Danny Sugerman, who as a teenager followed his fascination for the classic '60s rock band the Doors into the group's inner circle, where he found a surrogate father in singer Jim Morrison as well as a lifelong calling, died Wednesday at his home here of lung cancer.
Sugerman was 12 when he was taken to a Doors concert, where he was immediately swept up in Morrison's charisma.
Sugerman is survived by his wife, the former Fawn Hall, who was Oliver North's secretary during the 1980s Iran-Contra scandal.
www.spokesmanreview.com /tools/story_pf.asp?ID=47423   (616 words)

  
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Danny Sugerman, longtime manager of the Doors and the principal caretaker of the Los Angeles band's legend, died Wednesday in West Hollywood after a long battle with cancer.
Doors manager Danny Sugerman, who befriended the members of the legendary Los Angeles rock band as a youngster and spent the rest of his life tending to its legacy, has died after a battle with lung cancer, associates said on Thursday.
Sugerman, a legendary figure in Los Angeles rock circles, began his association with the Doors when he was 14, skipping school to hang out in the band's offices as an aide.
www.idafan.com /SugermanRIP.htm   (1409 words)

  
 Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Sugerman began working with The Doors when he was 14 years old, and started by answering their fan mail.
John Densmore, The Doors' drummer, "Danny was the #1 Doors fan of the world." He left behind his wife, Fawn Hall.
Sugerman was interested in working out a distribution deal with MP3.com for a number of live Doors recordings that were yet unreleased.
www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Danny_Sugerman.html   (225 words)

  
 Danny Sugerman; managed The Doors; 50 | The San Diego Union-Tribune
Danny Sugerman, who went from an adolescent Doors groupie to manager of the rock group, has died of lung cancer at age 50.
Sugerman was hooked on The Doors after seeing a concert at age 13.
Sugerman is survived by his wife, Fawn, and a brother and sister.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050122/news_1m22sugerman.html   (258 words)

  
 Fred Chandler Talks About Danny Sugerman
At the end of Danny's long road, the wisdom that he got from it all was that it is a matter of choosing life over death.
Danny was a pivotal character in reviving The Doors.
Danny should be thought of fondly; what Jim meant to him is clearly written on his gravestone.
www.doors.com /magazine/Fred_Chandler_int.html   (2236 words)

  
 Danny Sugerman dies in LA - Music - www.smh.com.au
Doors manager Danny Sugerman, who befriended the members of the legendary Los Angeles rock band as a youngster and spent the rest of his life tending to its legacy, has died after a battle with lung cancer.
Sugerman, who died at his home on Wednesday, was responsible for reigniting interest in the band with the best-selling 1980 Doors memoir No One Here Gets Out Alive, which he co-wrote with veteran music journalist Jerry Hopkins.
Sugerman went along for the ride, hooking up with the band when he was 14 after seeing them play a show.
www.smh.com.au /news/Music/Danny-Sugerman-dies-in-LA/2005/01/07/1104832297690.html?from=moreStories   (282 words)

  
 Danny Sugerman's Tomb Stone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Sugerman, who also co-wrote the acclaimed 1980 biography of lead singer Jim Morrison, "No One Here Gets Out Alive," died Wednesday at his home, according to a statement posted on the band's Web site.
A native of the Los Angeles area, Sugerman was hooked on the Doors after seeing a concert at age 13.
Sugerman is survived by his wife, Fawn Hall Sugerman, and a brother and sister.
www.theghoulpool.com /dsugerman.htm   (284 words)

  
 Danny Sugerman (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
'''Danny Sugerman''' (October 11 1954 - January 5 2005) was the second manager of the Los Angeles based rock band The Doors, and wrote two books about Jim Morrison and The Doors, No One Here Gets Out Alive co-authored with Jerry Hopkins, and Wonderland Avenue.
As stated by John Densmore, The Doors' drummer, "Danny was the 1 Doors fan of the world." He left behind his wife, Fawn Hall.
Sugerman, and his wife Fawn Hall, briefly met MP3.com cofounder Rod Underhill while Hall was employed as an administrative assistant at the San Diego headquarters of the original MP3.com.
danny-sugerman.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888   (270 words)

  
 Danny Sugerman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sugerman began working with The Doors when he was 12 years old, starting with answering their fan mail.
Sugerman was married to the former Fawn Hall of Iran-Contra fame.
Sugerman was a recovering heroin addict who found solace in Buddhism.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Danny_Sugerman   (429 words)

  
 The Music Hype - Doors manager Sugerman dies
Danny Sugerman, manager of rock band The Doors, has died aged 50 in Los Angeles after battling lung cancer.
Mr Sugerman became involved with the legendary group in the late 1960s at the age of 14 and managed them after singer Jim Morrison died in 1971.
After seeing them perform as a teenager, Mr Sugerman took on the task of answering the band's fan mail and Morrison later suggested he should become a management associate.
www.themusichype.com /news/story/Doors_manager_Sugerman_dies/1632   (264 words)

  
 Doors manager Danny Sugerman Dead at 50   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Danny Sugerman, the manager of The Doors, has died of lung cancer at the age of 50.
Danny and I set out to keep the name and the poetry of Jim Morrison alive back in 1973, and we continued working together until his death.
Sugerman is survived by a brother, Dr. Joseph, sister, Nan, and wife, the former Fawn Hall.
www.undercover.com.au /news/2005/jan05/20050107_doors.html   (244 words)

  
 Blog of Death: Danny Sugerman
Danny Sugerman was 12 years old when he attended his first Doors concert and became the group's biggest fan.
Sugerman died on Jan. 5 of lung cancer at the age of 50.
Danny was a very special person for being able to convey these thoughts to a 17-year old girl (at the time).
www.blogofdeath.com /archives/001274.html   (2763 words)

  
 Rhino -- Doors Co-Manager Passes - Rzine #289 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Danny Sugerman, who first saw The Doors in concert in 1967 and landed a job at their West Hollywood office answering fan mail, eventually becoming the group's manager, died last night, at the age of 50, after a long struggle with lung cancer.
I was with Danny a couple of hours before he passed, he knew he was going, and I only hope that when my time comes, I face it with as much courage and dignity as Danny did.
Let me tell you about Danny Sugerman he was true friend, not a whole lot of people left like him in the world.danny was the key to unlocking the doors for the whole world to see...
www.rhino.com.cob-web.org:8888 /rzine/StoryKeeper.lasso?StoryID=289   (1424 words)

  
 Sugerman,Danny Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
Danny Sugerman had it all: a gorgeous house in Laurel Canyon, all the money, drugs, fast cars, and pretty girls a young man could want.
In this feisty, supercharged memoir, Danny Sugerman tells of his life as the "adopted son" of the celebrated rock singer Jim Morrison, and how the world of money, drugs, fast cars, beautiful women, and rock-and-roll nearly destroyed him.
In this unconventional chronicle of the band, Sugerman uses precedents in literature and philosophy to draw parallels between Axl Rose and Rimbaud and traces the roots of rebellion all the way to Shelley, Nietzsche, and Byron....
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Sugerman,Danny   (578 words)

  
 [Deathwatch] Danny Sugerman, manager of "The Doors", 50
Ex-manager and 'No.1 Doors fan' dies aged 50 THE former manager of The Doors, Danny Sugerman, who befriended the members of the legendary band as a youngster, has died after a battle with lung cancer.
Sugerman, 50, was responsible for re-igniting interest in the band with the best-selling 1980 Doors memoir No One Here Gets Out Alive, which he co-wrote with veteran music journalist Jerry Hopkins.
Sugerman started hanging around with the band when he was 14, after seeing them perform.
slick.org /pipermail/deathwatch/2005-January/000975.html   (260 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Doors: The Complete Lyrics: Books: Danny Sugerman,Doors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Danny Sugerman is someone in the Doors "family" that alot of people don't think very highly of.
Sugerman has done a fantastic job of compiling the hundereds of pictures and newspaper/magazine articles from over the years into this informative collection.
Compiled by Doors manager Danny Sugerman, it is a fascinating, visually rich and enjoyable display of a band that changed rock music and the amount of praise (and criticsm) they inspired.
www.amazon.com /Doors-Complete-Lyrics-Danny-Sugerman/dp/038530840X   (1503 words)

  
 Doors Manager/Best-Selling Author Danny Sugerman Comments on Addiction, Hollywood and Drug Policy
Danny Sugerman has been a player in the Los Angeles music scene since working with the legendary rock group, the Doors.
Sugerman's education on the drug issue includes but goes beyond his own experience with addiction; his extensive personal library includes a wide range of books and documents ranging from turn-of-the-century scholarly drug policy reports to novels by addicted authors to anything else you'd be likely or unlikely to find.
Sugerman: It should be a medical issue, not a criminal one.
www.stopthedrugwar.org /chronicle/163/dannysugerman.shtml   (1404 words)

  
 Sleaze Roxx: News Segment
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Doors manager Danny Sugerman, who befriended the members of the legendary Los Angeles rock band as a youngster and spent the rest of his life tending to its legacy, has died after a battle with lung cancer, associates said on Thursday.
"Danny is standing side-by-side with his great friend, Jim Morrison, and the two of them will now be laughing together into eternity," Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek said in a statement.
Sugerman is survived by his wife, Fawn Hall, who testified against her former boss Oliver North in the Iran-Contra scandal of the 1980s, and by a brother and sister.
www.sleazeroxx.com /news05/0107doo.shtml   (348 words)

  
 LA Observed: Danny Sugerman; L.A. rock fixture was 50
Rock & roll manager and writer Danny Sugerman, best known as the manager of the Doors and the co-author of the best-selling Jim Morrison biography No One Here Gets Out Alive, passed away Wednesday night at the age of fifty after a lengthy battle with lung cancer.
Sugerman parlayed an early love affair with the Doors' music -- detailed in his colorful and humorous tales of rock & roll excess, Wonderland Avenue -- into a job answering the band's fan mail at age thirteen.
Sugerman is survived by his wife, Fawn Hall, who came in for some notoriety herself in the Iran-Contra scandal during the Reagan Administration.
www.laobserved.com /archive/2005/01/danny_sugerman.php   (440 words)

  
 DJ Paul Edge : : Blog
Danny Sugerman, manager of The Doors, died yesterday from lung cancer.
Danny Sugerman inherited the band after Bill Siddons left, and for the last 30 or so years has been one of the driving forces behind keeping the legacy of The Doors alive.
Behind every great band is a great manager, Danny Sugerman was that manager, and from The Outer Limits who were so influenced by the music of The Doors, our deepest sympathy and prayers go out to Danny`s family and the band.
www.djpauledge.com /blog.php?id=35   (800 words)

  
 CREEM ONLINE: Danny Sugerman — Tribute To A Lizard Disciple
Danny Sugerman and I had many overlapping connections, friends, projects and passions over the 30 years we knew each other.
I'll miss Danny, and even though I hadn't spoken to him for almost a year.
Danny had just started working on a book about Guns ‘N Roses when he asked Mick Jagger whether or not GnR were the new Rolling Stones.
www.creemmagazine.com /_site/BeatGoesOn/Doors/DannyTribute001.html   (382 words)

  
 Hyperion Books
Danny Sugerman was the manager of the Doors and author of Wonderland Avenue: Tales of Glamour and Excess, and Appetite for Destruction: The Days of Guns N’ Roses.
Sugerman began working with the Doors when he was 14 years old, when his first job was answering their fan mail.
As stated by John Densmore, the Doors’ drummer, “Danny was the #1 Doors fan of the world.” He died in 2005.
www.hyperionbooks.com /author.asp?ID=Sugerman   (110 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Wonderland Avenue: Tales of Glamour and Excess: Books: Danny Sugerman (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This book is the story of the next eight years of Sugerman's life, a time in which alcohol, parties, "the usual gaggle of weirdos andparade of girls, druggies, roadies, musicians, music-industry types, and fans" all contributed to a life-threatening drug problem and admission to a mental hospital.
Sugerman maintains the innocence of youth in his dialogue, but his excellent descriptions are seasoned with the insight of a man who has lived for over a decade after having made the decision to live rather than give into drugs and dying.
Danny Sugarman certainly had a story to tell, and this fact mingled with his excellent ability to write makes for a fun, dangerous, and influential story.
www.amazon.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Wonderland-Avenue-Tales-Glamour-Excess/dp/0316773549   (1720 words)

  
 The Doors Manager Danny Sugerman Dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Danny Sugerman, who went from an adolescent Doors groupie to manager of the rock group, has died of lung cancer at age 50.
French police said he died of a heart attack, though his regular use of drugs and alcohol was likely a factor.)
Danny is standing side-by-side with his great friend, Jim Morrison, and the two of them will now be laughing together into eternity."
www.comcast.net /data/news/2005/01/07/21305.xml   (292 words)

  
 BLABBERMOUTH.NET - THE DOORS Manager DANNY SUGERMAN Dies Of Cancer
Danny Sugerman, longtime manager of THE DOORS and author of the GUNS N' ROSES book "Appetite For Destruction: The Days Of Guns N' Roses", died Wednesday (Jan. 5) in West Hollywood after a long battle with cancer, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Danny was a good man, to do what he did for years.
Danny was a good man. I knew him through our Recovery and mutual Love of the Doors.Like so many I heard about his passing during the Grammys and was deeply sadden.Those Damn cigarettes got another Good One!
www.roadrunnerrecords.com /blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=31183   (797 words)

  
 Our Daily Dead » Blog Archive » Danny Sugerman, 50; Longtime Doors Fan Kept Band’s Music and Legend ...
Danny Sugerman, 50; Longtime Doors Fan Kept Band’s Music and Legend Alive
Danny Sugerman, who as a teenager followed his fascination with the classic 1960s rock band the Doors into the group’s inner circle, where he found a surrogate father in singer Jim Morrison, as well as a lifelong calling, died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home of lung cancer.
Sugerman was 12 when he was taken to a Doors concert at Cal State Long Beach, where he was immediately swept up in Morrison’s charisma.
www.ourdailydead.com /danny-sugerman.htm   (261 words)

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