Peter Aykroyd, 'SNL' writer and actor, dead at 66
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foxnews.comPeter 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..
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