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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. Sugerman replaced the original Doors manager, Bill Siddons. He helped Oliver Stone with the production of the movie The Doors.
Sugerman began working with The Doors when he was 14 years old, and started by answering their fan mail. As stated by John Densmore, The Doors' drummer, "Danny was the #1 Doors fan of the world." He left behind his wife, Fawn Hall. He lived his life keeping the legacy of The Doors alive. He died as the result of lung cancer after years of smoking.
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. Underhill, the founding Music Director of MP3.com, stated that "Sugerman was very interesting. He had appeared to go out of his way to appear visually like Jim Morrison. Same type of hair cut, similar clothing. The similarity was uncanny."
Sugerman was interested in working out a distribution deal with MP3.com for a number of live Doors recordings that were yet unreleased. No deal was forthcoming, and Sugerman later determined that it would be practical to offer the recordings on CD to fans via the Door's own official website.
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