SNL comedian Norm Macdonald died of Cancer at the age of 61. The Canadian personality has battled his disease for nearly 10 years in private before his death was confirmed. Stars and fellow comedians took to their social media accounts to mourn the loss of their long-time friend. Macdonald was the son of two school teachers, he was raised in Quebec City, Canada. He was a stand-up comic and briefly a writer for the sitcom Roseanne when he was picked to join the cast of Saturday Night Live in 1993, but was fired in 1998.