But the ending was painfully familiar. On December 18, 1997, just two months after hosting SNL, Chris Farley died of an overdose at 33. Cocaine and heroin, the same fatal mix that took Belushi. It was ...

During a recent appearance on Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, biographer Susan Morrison looked back at how the head of Saturday Night Live, Lorne Michaels, used to deal with drug addiction among SNL ...

Michaels’ biographer Susan Morrison, author of Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live, revealed during a recent appearance on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast that John Belushi ...

SNL’s enigmatic creator and producer, Lorne Michaels ... between Chase and the rest of the cast continued to mount. John Belushi had a particularly tough time dealing with Chase’s sudden ...

Susan Morrison, author of the biography “Lorne ... Morrison recalled that Michaels, 80, went into overdrive to help Farley after original cast member John Belushi died of a drug overdose ...

Cast members past and present have been firmly in focus, paying tribute to Lorne Michaels’ creation and stewardship of NBC’s ...

Lorne Michaels poses at the opening night of the new play "Hangmen" on Broadway at The Golden Theatre on April 21, 2022 in New York City; Chris Farley at the Mann's Village Theatre in Westwood ...

Live alum Chris Parnell said he 'never really knew' why he was fired from the late-night sketch show and later rehired.

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Lorne Michaels biographer Susan Morrison is recalling ... the cast’s drinking and drug usage after original cast member John Belushi died of a drug overdose in 1982. “When Belushi died ...