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Michael O'Donoghue

Writer / Actor

Born: 5 January 1940
Died: 8 November 1994 (cerebral hemorrhage)
Birthplace: Utica, New York
Best known as: Writer / performer on Saturday Night Live
Michael O'Donoghue wrote for National Lampoon during the underground humor magazine's 1970s glory days. That led to a writing job on the premiere season of Saturday Night Live, where he appeared on-camera in some of his own sketches. Revered for his oddball and subversive humor, O'Donoghue became a kind of elder statesman for the show. He also wrote the movie Scrooged.
Extra credit: O'Donoghue had bit parts in the movies Manhattan (1979, with Woody Allen) and Wall Street (1987, with Michael Douglas)... Another celebrated National Lampoon writer was Douglas Kenney.

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