Saturday Night Live has ran 46 years (Seasons) and the show has a long history of great sketches , performers and musical artists in that time. So we know of all the famous ones who have hosted and passed in the shows history. But this will go season by season and detail the passing and episode (or episodes they were on). Lets begin with season #1 from back in 1975.
Who has passed away from cast :
The Cast :
John Belushi (1982)
George Coe : Was part of some episodes of season 1. Didn't get credited beyond 1 episode (2015)
Michael O'Donoghue : Mostly a SNL writer , was in a number of season 1 episodes (1994)
Gilda Radner (1989)
Announcer :
Don Pardo (2014)
Writers :
Anne Beatts (2021)
Tom Davis (2012)
Herb Sargent (2005)
Guest Hosts
George Carlin (2008)
Andy Kaufman : special guest (1984)
Richard Pryor (2005)
Buck Henry (2020)
Peter Cook (1995)
Dudley Moore (2002)
Peter Boyle (2006)
Desi Arnaz (1986)
Jill Clayburgh (2010)
Anthony Perks (1992)
Gerald Ford : Special guest (2006)
Madeline Kahn (1999)
Musical Guests :
Billy Preston (2021)
Phoebe Snow (2011)
Jessy Dixon (2011)
Esther Phillips (1984)
Gil Scott-Heron (2011)
Bill Withers (2020)
Al Jarreau (2017)
Leon Redbone (2019)
Betty Carter (1998)
Leon Russell (2016)
This is the season #1 Primetime Players cast , Writers and more who have sadly passed from season #1. I'll do each season as time passes in this thread.