Norm Macdonald, best known for his role as a Saturday Night Live "Weekend Update" anchor, died in September at age 61 after a quiet battle with cancer. Macdonald began his career in comedy as a writer for Roseanne, before joining the cast of SNL in 1993. He then began appearing in th...
It was there that she met Michael O’Donoghue, with whom she would closely collaborate in the development of ‘SNL,’ along with show creator Lorne Michaels. Beatts stayed at ‘SNL’ from 1975 to 1979, contributing to the sketch show’s early, formative years. The writer would later create...