{
  "id": 14897878,
  "title": "‘Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald’: Five Biggest Takeaways, From the SNL Firing to Concealing His Cancer Diagnosis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/norm-the-tale-of-norm-macdonald-five-biggest-takeaways-from-the-snl",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-16T07:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/lists/norm-tale-norm-macdonald-netflix-snl-cancer-metoo/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Norm Macdonald wasn’t for everyone. Armed with a deadpan delivery, devil-may-care attitude and cracker-barrel charm, the Canadian comic got his start writing for “Roseanne” before earning acclaim as the host of SNL’s Weekend Update, where his unrelenting ridicule of O.J. Simpson for being an alleged murderer — Macdonald was adamant that it wasn’t so “alleged” […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}