News of comedian and \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d cast member Norm Macdonald\u2019s passing sent shockwaves through the entertainment industry on Tuesday.
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\nNews of comedian and \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d cast member Norm Macdonald\u2019s passing sent shockwaves through the entertainment industry on Tuesday. After a secret nine-year battle with cancer, he died at the age of 61. The Canadian native\u2019s friend Lori Jo Hoekstra was with Macdonald when he passed and explained to Deadline that the stand-up battled the disease for almost a decade. \u201cHe never wanted the diagnosis to affect the way the audience or any of his loved ones saw him. Norm was a pure comic,\u201d she said. One of Macdonald\u2019s most memorable roles was starring on the NBC late-night comedy sketch show. He helmed the \u201cWeekend Update\u201d segment and starred on the series from 1993 until 1998. However, the performer was known for playing other comedic parts in TV shows and movies. Take a walk down memory lane and look at Macdonald\u2019s other unforgettable roles throughout his eclectic career. The Adam Sandler comedy flick was Macdonald\u2019s feature film debut, and he starred as his fellow \u201cSNL\u201d alum\u2019s pal Frank. Sandler spoke about working with Macdonald, in a 2016 interview with Conan O\u2019Brien, during the film\u2019s pool scene before Sandler\u2019s Madison chases an imaginary penguin. \u201cI\u2019m doing a scene with Norm at the pool. I say my line, and I think I did it very well. And I\u2019m like, \u2018Let me see how Norm ping-pongs this line back.\u2019 So there was a little bit of a delay, and I was like, \u2018Old Norm likes to a take his time,\u2019 \u201d he said. \u201cThen I\u2019m waiting longer and going, \u2018Wow, he\u2019s really milking this one.\u2019 And a few more seconds later, I noticed old Norm was sleeping.\u201d The comedian then revealed that Macdonald gave an amazing excuse for his current state, \u201cThey wanted to me to play a drunk so I said, \u2018You got some booze?\u2019 \u201c \u201cFull House\u201d dad Bob Saget directed this movie with the stand-up comic as the lead and as the co-writer. Based on the Roald Dahl short story, the plot follows friends Mitch (Macdonald) and Sam (Artie Lange) who start a revenge-for-hire business to help pay for Sam\u2019s dad\u2019s heart operation. Macdonald lent his voice to the Eddie Murphy film \u201cDr. Dolittle\u201d as well as its many sequels. He played the dog Lucky Dolittle in the series, and you could say it wasn\u2019t a \u201cruff\u201d job. This comedy of errors also starred the talents of Dave Chappelle, Danny DeVito and Sarah Silverman. Macdonald played an exhausted and underpaid chauffeur to a bitchy pie heiress. He kidnaps his boss\u2019 dog to hold it for ransom for a simple slice of revenge. This ABC sitcom starred Macdonald as an ex-NHL hockey player who\u2019s banned for life from the league because of his gambling addiction and tax-evasion issues. He must do five years of community service as a social worker to avoid jail time. The funnyman created and produced the series and starred alongside Laurie Metcalf and Ian Gomez. Little Chubby was the name of the character Macdonald played on this ABC sitcom. He portrayed the mean son of Richard Chubby, a wealthy businessman on two episodes of the show. Rusty Heck is the name, so don\u2019t wear it out. Macdonald\u2019s character showed up on the ABC series as the brother of Mike Heck and son of Big Mike Heck. Rusty was seen to be lazy, drunk and a frequent smoker. The actor voiced another animated character in the kids\u2019 comedy \u201cVampire Dog.\u201d The Canadian family flick starred Macdonald as, you guessed it, a vamp doggie named \u201cFang.\u201d<\/p>\n