Tom Davis, who with partner Al Franken wrote some of the most popular and enduring skits in the early days of Saturday Night Live including (who could forget?) the Coneheads, died today after a battle with throat and neck cancer. He was 59. His wife, Mimi Raleigh, said Davis passed away at his home in New York’s Hudson Valley. Raleigh told AP that Davis and Franken, now a Democratic senator from Minnesota, “were two of the first (SNL) writers hired – with one salary”. Davis helped create the wacky family of extraterrestrials known as the Coneheads. He also collaborated with Dan Akroyd on an impersonation of Julia Child, in which the television chef cut herself and bled to death after grabbing a phone to dial 911, only to discover it’s a prop. In the early years of SNL, Davis and Franken also performed together. Davis won three Emmys for his writing on SNL.
- 7/20/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
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