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cartman
10-09-2014, 05:22 PM
The SNLer from the late 80s passed away at the age of 57.

'Saturday Night Live' Vet Jan Hooks Dead at 57 - NBC News (http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/saturday-night-live-vet-jan-hooks-dead-57-n222501)
digamma
10-09-2014, 05:27 PM
RIP. My parents taught her in high school.
BillJasper
10-09-2014, 06:59 PM
NBC dedicated a whole 27 seconds to that report. That's what I call class!
Julio Riddols
10-09-2014, 11:43 PM
All I know is she looked terrible in that "Women of SNL" thing they did fairly recently.. I wondered what she must be suffering from at the time, and apparently it was something pretty bad. Sad to see her life cut short, whatever it was.
cuervo72
10-10-2014, 08:05 AM
Sad to hear this - she was fantastic, and seldom not funny. Way too young.
Subby
10-10-2014, 09:31 AM
"There's no basement in the alamo!"

One of the all-time greats. :(
Suicane75
10-10-2014, 01:24 PM
That 86-90 cast is still my favorite SNL troupe by a wide margin. Sad news.
albionmoonlight
10-10-2014, 01:40 PM
That 86-90 cast is still my favorite SNL troupe by a wide margin. Sad news.

I got into the show and watched it the most from ~88-94. Until you posted this , I didn't realize that, in my head, I think of casts before that as "old" casts and casts after that as "new" casts. And the late 80s, early 90s cast is "the cast."
stevew
10-10-2014, 02:00 PM
"There's no basement in the alamo!"

One of the all-time greats. :(

Yeh, agreed
GrantDawg
10-11-2014, 02:04 PM
I remember her long before her SNL stint on a skit show from Atlanta called "Tush." It aired on TBS before it was TBS. She was hilarious even then. Just sad that she is gone.
britrock88
10-12-2014, 09:38 PM
Yup, plays a very underappreciated role in the SNL canon.
cartman
10-20-2015, 02:16 PM
Grantland posted a great article about her today.

The Laughs, Pathos, and Overwhelming Talent of Jan Hooks « (http://grantland.com/features/jan-hooks-saturday-night-live-phil-hartman-kevin-nealon-lorne-michaels-pee-wees-big-adventure/)
Julio Riddols
10-20-2015, 10:40 PM
That was a good read. I never really thought of her as one of the best cast members of SNL, but thinking about it there weren't any female cast members I really liked as much as her until Fey and Poehler came along. She was a lot better than I ever really knew I guess.. Having lost my grandfather in very much the same way as her family lost her, I know how hard it is to watch someone go, but how much of a relief it is that they don't have to suffer anymore.

I think I'll fire up some early 90's SNL now.