From: tamara@endlesstunnel.com   
      
   DOORS CO-MANAGER PASSES:   
      
   Danny Sugerman, who first saw The Doors in concert in 1967,   
   then 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. Born in L.A. in 1954,   
   Sugerman attended Westchester High School and immediately became   
   involved with The Doors. He co-wrote the 1981 N.Y. Times best-selling   
   Jim Morrison biography, No One Here Gets Out Alive, with Jerry   
   Hopkins,   
   then followed up with the autobiographical Wonderland Avenue and   
   books on Guns N Roses and The Doors.  Sugerman also consulted Oliver   
   Stone on his 1990 movie The Doors, which starred Val Kilmer as   
   Morrison.   
      
   Danny had been co-managing The Doors with Jeff Jampol and The Firm.   
   He is survived by a brother, Dr. Joseph, sister Nan, and wife, the   
   former   
   Fawn Hall. Said L.A. historian/author and Sugerman friend Harvey   
   Kubernik:   
   "Danny was a character who literally gave his literary soul for rock &   
   roll.   
   Besides the books he wrote and assembled documenting the Doors' legacy   
   and audio impact, Danny toiled and pasionately worked constantly for   
   decades   
   on behalf of the band's archives and influential catalogue that so   
   many   
   people   
   were inspired from."  A recovering addict, he was active with   
   organizations like   
   the Drug Policy Foundation and Musicians Assistance Program. Private   
   services   
   are being planned. The family is requesting that, in lieu of flowers,   
   a   
   donation   
   be made in Danny's name to:   
   MusiCares/MAP Fund, 817 S. Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90038.   
      
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