How many SNL cast members are dead?

[thepaulo]

I know it's a lot but I'd like to clear it up in my head.

[A.J.]

Off the top of my head:

John Belushi
Gilda Radner
Chris Farley
Charles Rocket
Phil Hartman

The complete list. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_cast#Saturday_Night_Live_Curse )

[Tall_James]

Charles Rocket was found dead by local police in his Canterbury, Connecticut backyard on October 7, 2005. The death was ruled a suicide; Rocket had allegedly taken his own life by cutting his neck with a pair of box-cutters.

That's pretty hardcore.

[thepaulo]

That's pretty hardcore.


Agreed but not as hardcore as the lead singer of Boston, Brad Delp.

[Furtherman]

I know it's a lot but I'd like to clear it up in my head.

They all looked alive last Saturday.

[Tall_James]

Agreed but not as hardcore as the lead singer of Boston, Brad Delp.

Delp, who was 55, died from the smoke of two charcoal grills he lit inside his sealed bathroom.

I don't agree with coroner's findings. Who among us hasn't thought about grilling steaks while on the toilet? This man died doing what many of us only dream of.

He just forgot to open a window.

[KingGeno]

Delp was a pussy bastard. Charles Rocket was a real man.

[thepaulo]

I don't agree with coroner's findings. Who among us hasn't thought about grilling steaks while on the toilet? This man died doing what many of us only dream of.

He just forgot to open a window.

You know...again...I would have to agree with you.

[Tall_James]

Delp was a pussy bastard. Charles Rocket was a real man.

Seriously. Not one but TWO box cutters. This man knew how to get the job done.

[Tall_James]

You know...again...I would have to agree with you.

Birds of a feather Paul, birds of a feather.

[A.J.]

They all looked alive last Saturday.

I see what you did there.

[mikeyboy]

Off the top of my head:

John Belushi
Gilda Radner
Chris Farley
Charles Rocket
Phil Hartman

The complete list. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_cast#Saturday_Night_Live_Curse )

The link refers to the SNL curse, but considering the number of cast members that have been on the show over the last 34 years, is it really a curse if 7 (technically 6 because I don't think you can really consider Michael O'Donahue a cast member) cast members are dead?

[KingGeno]

Seriously. Not one but TWO box cutters. This man knew how to get the job done.


Plenty of other good ways (http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=manly_suicide), unlike pussyfaced Delps.

or

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/cosmicherosa/sui.gif

[Furtherman]

The link refers to the SNL curse, but considering the number of cast members that have been on the show over the last 34 years, is it really a curse if 7 (technically 6 because I don't think you can really consider Michael O'Donahue a cast member) cast members are dead?

The Remote Control curse has just begun. I'd be careful.

[A.J.]

The link refers to the SNL curse, but considering the number of cast members that have been on the show over the last 34 years, is it really a curse if 7 (technically 6 because I don't think you can really consider Michael O'Donahue a cast member) cast members are dead?

I know -- it's pretty flimsy for it to be called a "curse".

[thepaulo]

How did Michael O'Donoghue die....two knitting needles jammed into his eyes?

[mikeyboy]

How did Michael O'Donoghue die....two knitting needles jammed into his eyes?

Someone fed his fingertips to the wolverines.

[Enabler]

That's pretty hardcore.


The last keyboard player for the Grateful Dead, Vince Welnick, killed himself the same way...Keyboardist for the Dead is a much more legit curse than the snl one.

"A little later, when his wife, Lori Welnick, found a prohibited bottle of liquor, she went looking for him. She spotted him in the backyard climbing the hill and called his name. He turned and cut his throat. His shirt turned red, she told friends. She tried to stop the bleeding, but he told her to let him go. He also reportedly resisted recovery efforts by his sister-in-law, who was also staying at the house."

[thepaulo]

The last keyboard player for the Grateful Dead, Vince Welnick, killed himself the same way...Keyboardist for the Dead is a much more legit curse than the snl one.

"A little later, when his wife, Lori Welnick, found a prohibited bottle of liquor, she went looking for him. She spotted him in the backyard climbing the hill and called his name. He turned and cut his throat. His shirt turned red, she told friends. She tried to stop the bleeding, but he told her to let him go. He also reportedly resisted recovery efforts by his sister-in-law, who was also staying at the house."

Richard Manuel of the Band hung himself in the shower after a bad gig in Orlando.

[A.J.]

Richard Manuel of the Band hung himself in the shower

So did Sid Worley.

http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsK/9195-14025.gif

[thepaulo]

So did Sid Worley.

http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsK/9195-14025.gif

Dumb fuck coulda been an Officer and a Gentleman