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Jan Hooks, ‘Saturday Night Live’ Star, Dead at 57
TheWrap - Ryan O'Connell 1 hr ago
Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Jan Hooks died Thursday, a rep confirmed to TheWrap. She was 57.
Hooks died in New York City during the morning. She was suffering from an undisclosed serious illness, according to reports.
Her most recent television role was as a recurring guest star on "30 Rock," playing the part of Jenna Maroney's mother, Verna. Hooks was a cast member on "SNL" from 1986 to 1991, helping reinvigorate the show, along with other newcomers Phil Hartman and Dana Carvey, with her impressions of Kathie Lee Gifford, Diane Sawyer and Hillary Clinton and doing characters including Candy Sweeney of "The Sweeney Sisters" sketches.
Before "SNL" the Decatur, Ga.-born Hooks cut her comedy chops with Los Angeles' The Groundlings troupe and appearing on HBO's comedy series "Not Necessarily the News."
Departing "Saturday Night Live" in 1991, she replaced Jean Smart on CBS' "Designing Women," playing Carlene Frazier Dobber from 1991 to 1993.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/jan...-57/ar-BB8oLmL
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