associated_acts death_date years_active deathplace article_title name background birth_date spouse origin birth_name restingplace occupation
the doors , iggy pop 5 january 2005 1967 -- 2005 los angeles , united states danny sugerman
 danny sugerman non_performing_personnel 11 october 1954 fawn hall los angeles , united states daniel stephen sugerman westwood village memorial park cemetery , los angeles music manager
danny sugerman

daniel stephen `` danny '' sugerman -lrb- october 11 , 1954 -- january 5 , 2005 -rrb- was the second manager of the los angeles-based rock band the doors , and wrote several books about jim morrison and the doors , including `` no one here gets out alive '' -lrb- co-authored with jerry hopkins -rrb- , and the autobiography `` wonderland avenue '' .
sugerman began working with the doors when he was 12 years old , starting out answering their fan mail .
by the age of 17 , sugerman replaced the original doors manager , bill siddons , shortly after morrison 's death in 1971 .
sugerman attended westchester high school in los angeles , where he regularly authored articles about the doors in the student newspaper .
he graduated in 1972 .
he later went on to manage ray manzarek 's solo-career and first album .
he was also iggy pop 's manager for a period , and produced his song `` repo man '' , before they both ended up in california state mental hospitals suffering from drug and alcohol addiction .
he also wrote `` appetite for destruction : the days of guns n ' roses '' in 1991 .
he helped film director oliver stone with the production of the 1991 movie `` the doors '' .
