Loved Norm's comedy...nobody like him...RIP....I binge watched alot of his work over the lockdown...heart goes out to his son who I believe is his only immediate family member with him ..another Canadian bites the dust....was watching John Candy movie a few days ago...Canada has sent us some great comics over the years....Norm loved baseball and gambling
That's why the article talks about how he dealt with a long and private battle with cancer. I'm guessing they were trying to convey that by "private", most folks were not aware, at least the general public.
Went down in a hurry after taking on KFC. But it makes sense now, cuz shortly after he was Colonel Sanders, he was gone from the position.
"I'm a stand-up comedian and have been for over a quarter of a century. I've performed thousands of hours, from a small club in Ottawa, Ontario, all the way to a small club in Edmonton, Alberta. Sometimes I get big laughs and think I'm the best stand-up in the whole world, and other times I bomb, and I think I'm not even in the top 5" -Norm McDonald October 17, 1959 - September 14, 2021