Famously fired from “Saturday Night Live,” Norm Macdonald was the show’s “Weekend Update” host for nearly five years, and became a legend after exiting the sketch comedy series in December 1997. Arguably more beloved after he left “SNL,” he went on to front his own sitcom, “Norm” in 1999, and later provided voicework in animated favorites like “Skylander Academy” and “Mike Tyson Mysteries” as well as the live-action sci-fi comedy “The Orville.”
In his later years, Macdonald became active on social media and online, even hosting his own podcast that featured guests like Jerry Seinfeld, David Letterman, and Roseanne Barr. On Twitter, Macdonald seemed to use the platform to talk about just about anything that was on his mind, no matter how small. A lot of his posts were about sports, oddly enough, including his many wagers on betting apps, in line with his well-chronicled gambling habits.
It came to an end with his death in September 2021 from leukemia. His last tweet came a few months before he died, when it was revealed that he’d been ill for almost a decade. But that tweet showed that no matter how grim his diagnosis, he always had time for a little odds-making, posting about his betting picks. “Morikawa shoots a 64 to get to -9,” he said, referring to pro golfer Collin Morikawa. “He was my pick for this week, but I laid off at last second due to injury concerns.”
