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Peter Power/The Canadian Press via AP Famous comedian Norm Macdonald, who described himself as a Christian, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday after a nine-year battle with cancer.
Lori Jo Hoekstra, a friend of the 61-year-old celebrity, said the comedian “had been fighting cancer for nearly a decade but was determined to keep his struggle away from his family, friends, and fans,” according to the New York Post .
“He was most proud of his comedy,” she said. “He never wanted the diagnosis to affect the way the audience or any of his loved ones saw him. Norm was a pure comic. He once wrote that ‘a joke should catch someone by surprise, it should never pander.’ He certainly never pandered. Norm will be missed terribly.” Daily News. Christian Views. Listen and SUBSCRIBE to our PODCAST!
In addition to his famous role as anchor of the “Weekend Update” on “SNL,” Macdonald wrote for the erstwhile comedy “Roseanne” and appeared on “The Drew Carey Show.” He also brought his signature brand of comedy to multiple movies.
Macdonald made headlines a few years ago when he drew the ire of leftists on social media for tweeting about Christianity . In a tweet he later deleted, Macdonald wrote, “The Enlightenment turned us away from truth and toward a darkling weakening horizon, sad and gray to see. The afterglow of Christianity is near gone now, and a Stygian silence lurks in wait.”
The comedian’s tweet, posted in 2018, was a reference to the 18th century cultural shift away from the imitation and depiction of the sacred to a focus on self-indulgence and decadence. From then, people began favoring secular reasoning and science above spirituality.
That was not the only time Macdonald had taken up for Christianity.
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In 2015, when he served as a judge on NBC’ “Last Comic Standing,” Macdonald schooled a contestant for mocking Christianity during his routine.
Fellow judge Roseanne Barr told comedian Harrison Greenbaum his jokes about the Bible were “brave,” an assertion with which Macdonald staunchly disagreed.“I don’t think the Bible jokes are brave at all,” he said at the time. “If you think you’re gonna take on […]
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