Alan Coren

Alan Coren
Born(1938-06-27)27 June 1938
London, England
Died18 October 2007(2007-10-18) (aged 69)
London, England
Resting placeHampstead Cemetery
EducationWadham College, Oxford (BA)
Yale University
University of California, Berkeley
Occupation(s)Humourist, writer, journalist
Spouse
Anne Kasriel
(m. 1963)
Children
RelativesMichael Coren (cousin)

Alan Coren (27 June 1938 – 18 October 2007) was an English humorist, writer and satirist who was a regular panellist on the BBC radio quiz The News Quiz and a team captain on BBC television's Call My Bluff. Coren was also a journalist, and for almost a decade was the editor of Punch magazine.