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* '''[[John Belushi]]''', '''Gilda Radner''', '''Danitra Vance''', '''Michael O 'Donoghue''', '''Chris Farley''', '''[[Phil Hartman]]''', and '''Charles Rocket''' and '''Tony Rosato''': These seveneight are the only ''SNL'' cast members who, as of 20122017, are dead. John Belushi and Chris Farley died from drug overdoses (with the drug that killed both men being a cocaine/heroin mix known as a speedball), Gilda Radner and Danitra Vance died of cancer (Gilda had ovarian cancer; Danitra had breast cancer), Michael O'Donoghue <ref> Not officially a cast member, but was an intregalintegral part in setting up ''SNL'''s warped humor and sometimes appeared in sketches -- even having a recurring sketch called "Mr. Mike's Least-Loved Bedtime Stories</ref> died of a cerebral hemorrhage caused by years of migraine headaches, [[Phil Hartman]] was murdered by his wife, Brynn <ref>His wife, Brynn, actually appeared in the opening credits of some of the early 1990s episodes. She's the woman sitting next to Hartman at a diner table with her back to the camera with the swinging earring</ref>, and Charles Rocket committed suicide by slashing his throat with a box cutter, and Tony Rosato died of a heart attack.