Journalist, satirist, harpist, writer, and legend – Alan Coren was just some of these and so much more. From humble beginnings in the town of London writing for various local rags and appearing on satirical radio programmes, Coren gradually worked his way up the food chain until a near claim to fame in 1991, when director Kevin Reynolds offered him the part of the Sheriff of Nottingham in the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
Alan turned down the part thinking there was a clerical mix up, and instead suggested to his agent that his good friend Alan Rickman should play the part. Alan finally got what was arguably his big break in 1996, when he bitterly fought against Danish comedian, Sandi Toksvig, in the highbrow political quiz show Call My Bluff.
Alan died of cancer on October 18th, 2007; his name will however live on as he enters the Hall of NHA Unsung Heroes.