Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,894

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News Summary
- Gilda Radner was the first person Lorne Michaels hired to star on SNL
- Radner stayed on the show for five years, from 1975-80
- Her influence, especially among a couple of generations of female comedians, cannot be overstated
- She started feeling bad on the set of Haunted Honeymoon and she went to the doctor
- Sadly, Radner’s later years were dominated by the cancer
This is the grave of Gilda Radner, Born in 1946 in Detroit, Radner grew up in a upper middle class Jewish family there. She was named after the movie with Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth, so her going [+6437 chars]