Peter Aykroyd Dies: ‘Saturday Night Live’ Pays Tribute To Former Cast Member & Writer

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Peter Aykroyd was a former cast member and writer for “Saturday Night Live” who was Dan Aykroyd’s brother.Canandian born actor Peter Aykroyd was a featured cast member and writer for “Saturday Night Live” from 1979-1980. On “SNL,,” he starred in the short film “Java Junkie.” Before “SNL,” he was a member of the Second City comedy troupe in Toronto.

via a post on NBC’s official “SNL” Twitter account. His official cause of death has not been disclosed at this time.The on-air tribute came in the form of Schiller short film that Aykroyd starred in: “The Java Junkie.” The classic noir parody featured Aykroyd as an over-caffeinated character buzzing around town to fix his coffee addiction.

Dan Aykroyd, was 66.Peter's death was announced during 's most recent episode, which was hosted by Simu Liu, when a title card appeared onscreen that read, «Peter Aykroyd 1955-2021.»The sketch series also paid tribute to the late comedian by sharing , a short film that he starred in, on Twitter.No further details about his death have been revealed.Peter Aykroyd 1955-2021 SNL '79-'80 «The Java Junkie» pic.twitter.com/5IJWJTezgzLike his brother, Peter began his career in the Second City comedy troupe, before joining in 1979.

Saturday Night Live cast member and writer, and brother of Dan Aykroyd, has died aged 66.His passing was announced during SNL (November 20), hosted by Shang-Chi star Simu Liu, which aired a clip from a short film starring the actor titled Java Junkie.

Peter Aykroyd, former Saturday Night Live cast member and writer and brother of actor Dan Aykroyd, has sadly passed away.

J. Kim Murphy administratorPeter Aykroyd, the former cast member and writer on “Saturday Night Live” and brother to Dan Aykroyd, has died.

Peter Aykroyd, an Emmy-nominated writer, former "Saturday Night Live" cast member and brother to Dan Aykroyd, died at age 66.  The popular sketch comedy series paid tribute to Aykroyd during this week’s episode of the show, which was hosted by "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" actor Simu Liu.The show briefly showed a card revealing Aykroyd's death that was displayed along with a picture of him from when he was a featured player on the show from 1979-1980.  Later in the night, the official "Saturday Night Live" Twitter account shared an old short film that Peter Aykroyd starred in called "Java Junkie." The sketch plays out like a 1950s noir-style story in which a man enters a diner and can’t stop drinking cup after cup of coffee.

Peter Aykroyd, younger brother of Dan Aykroyd, has died at age 66.

No cause of death has been confirmed at this time for the actor.SNL also posted their tribute on their Twitter account as many paid their respects.@SNLinReview wrote: "RIP Peter Aykroyd - he made unsung contributions both to SNL and the comedy community."While @ThatWeekInSNL wrote: "Completely missed tonight’s show but very bummed to hear the surprising news that Peter Aykroyd has passed."Dude contributed some fine material in S5 and Java Junkie is one of the most underrated pre-tapes in the show’s history. Farewell, good sir.

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