Breaking: Norm Macdonald, Iconic Comedian and Saturday Night Live Alum, Dead at 61

Norm Macdonald, the Canadian comedian best known for his role as Weekend Update anchor on Saturday Night Live has died at 61, nine years after being diagnosed with cancer.

Macdonald’s management firm Brillstein Entertainment reportedly told Deadline that the comedian had died.

His longtime producing partner and friend Lori Jo Hoekstra was reportedly with the comedian when he died.

"He was most proud of his comedy," Hoekstra told the outlet. "He never wanted the diagnosis to affect the way the audience or any of his loved ones saw him. Norm was a pure comic. He once wrote that 'a joke should catch someone by surprise, it should never pander.' He certainly never pandered. Norm will be missed terribly."

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