Comedian-actor Norm Macdonald passes away after lengthy battle with most cancers

By ANI

WASHINGTON: Comedian-actor Norm Macdonald has handed away after an extended battle with most cancers. He was 61.

According to Variety, Macdonald had privately battled the illness for nearly a decade.

After studying in regards to the veteran artist’s demise, a number of members from the leisure business took to their respective social media handles to pay their final respects to Macdonald.

“There was no one like Norm MacDonald; Every time I watched him perform was a gift. Thank you Norm … thinking of you and your family on this sad day,” comic Dave Attel tweeted.

Conan O’Brien is extraordinarily devastated.

“I am absolutely devastated about Norm Macdonald. Norm had the most unique comedic voice I have ever encountered and he was so relentlessly and uncompromisingly funny. I will never laugh that hard again. I’m so sad for all of us today,” he wrote on Twitter.

Mourning Macdonald’s demise, Seth Rogan shared that he was his large fan.

“I was a huge fan of Norm Macdonald and I essentially ripped off his delivery when I first started acting. I would stay up specifically to watch him on talk shows. He was the funniest guest of all time. We lost a comedy giant today. One of the the all time greats. RIP,” he grieved.

Macdonald’s tryst with showbiz began as a author on ‘Roseanne’ in 1992 after making rounds at comedy golf equipment in Canada. He was a ‘Saturday Night Live’ (SNL) solid member from 1993-98, making his best influence because the anchor of the present’s ‘Weekend Update’ segments for 3 seasons.