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the cult comedian and former Saturday Night Live star (from 1993 to 1998), Norm McDonald, He died at 61 years old after a private battle with cancer, they reported Term and variety.
the death of the also actor, writer and producer was confirmed by his advertising team at Brillstein Entertainment.
The friend of McDonald’s, Lori Jo Hoekstra, who was with him when he died, said the artist had been battling cancer for nearly a decade, but was determined to keep his battle away from family, friends and fans.
“He was very proud of his comedy,” said Hoekstra, who was also his longtime production partner. “He never wanted the diagnosis to affect the way the audience or their loved ones saw him.
“Norma it was a pure comic. He once wrote that “a joke should surprise someone, it should never please ‘. Certainly, it should never please. It will be greatly missed.”
McDonald launching his career in the world of show business in the comedy clubs of his native Canada, where he perfected his characteristic laconic style.
He was in the writers’ room of the Roseanne Series, During the 1992-1993 season, when he got his chance to enter the legendary comic book series Saturday night live.
“I’d love to stay on SNL forever, but you can’t stay in the same place,” he told TV Guide in 1997. “People think you’re a loser.”
After leaving SNL in 1998, Norm (famous for imitating actor Burt Reynolds on the show) starred in his own sitcom, The Norm Show, from 1999 to 2001. In 2018 he did an interview program for Netflix. , Norm MacDonald Has a show, which lasted a season.