Take Marcus Antonius Exochus, whose story is told on his tombstone. Though much of his life and death remains a mystery, it ...

Andy Kaufman, who made 16 appearances on Saturday Night Live early in its run, died on May 16, 1984 at the age of 35. At least — that’s the official story. An offbeat comic and performance artist, ...

Though he appeared in the very first SNL sketch teaching English to an immigrant, played by John Belushi, Michael O’Donoghue mostly operated behind the scenes. That said, O’Donoghue — who died in 1994 ...

The next SNL member death story is one of the saddest and most mysterious. It concerns Charles Rocket, who died by suicide in 2005 at the age of 56. Born on Aug. 28, 1949, Rocket joined the SNL cast ...

Of all the SNL stars who died young, Phil Hartman’s death was perhaps the most shocking. On May 28, 1998, Hartman was murdered at the age of 49 by his own wife, Brynn — who then died by suicide. Born ...

When SNL premiered in 1975, one of its breakout stars was John Belushi. Not only did he delight TV audiences with madcap sketches like “Samurai Night Fever,” but Belushi was on his way to becoming a ...

Chris Farley idolized John Belushi. Both comics hailed from the Midwest, and both found their big break on Saturday Night Live. But sadly, Farley also met an eerily similar end to Belushi. In 1997, ...

When Norm Macdonald died of cancer in 2021 at the age of 61, the death of the former SNL “Weekend Update” anchor took many — even those close to him — by surprise. Macdonald had kept his illness a ...

Two metal detectorists recently uncovered a hoard of 36 Viking coins on Britain’s Isle of Man. Now, experts have dated the artifacts to between 1000 and 1065 C.E. and officially declared them a ...

From Chris Farley’s speedball overdose to Norm Macdonald’s unexpected death in 2021, these stories highlight how many Saturday Night Live cast members died tragically young. Since it premiered in 1975 ...

Despite what the gory illustrations may suggest, the act of drilling holes into a person’s head was not a medieval torture method. This act, called trepanation, is actually a millennia-old medical ...

Virginia Rappe was an up-and-coming actress and successful model when she died at the age of 30 on September 9, 1921, shortly after attending a party in San Francisco. Her sudden death — and the ...