Tom Davis, a playwright who collaborated with Al Franken to write memorable songs in "Saturday Night Live," which begins with the opening night of the show in 1975, has died. He was 59 years.
Davis died Thursday at his home in Hudson, New York, his wife, Mimi Raleigh, told AP. His throat and neck.
As a performer, Davis was a quiet, darkened by time of Franken, who is now a Democratic senator from Minnesota.
Davis told the AP in 2009: "If we were Sonny and Cher, Cher would be." The two had a fight in 1990, but later reconciled.
Davis was left with "Saturday Night Live" since the first season until 1980, then returned for another period of 1985-1994 and again in 2002-03.
He was one of "SNL" writers who shared Emmy Awards in 1976, '77 and '89. He won another Emmy in 1978 for writing for a variety show of Paul Simon.
Born August 13, 1952, in Minneapolis, Davis recalls a childhood spent in seeing "The Mickey Mouse Club" on television with the Musketeers ears.
He was the eldest of two brothers. His father worked for 3M and his mother was the queen of the lakes in the Minneapolis Aquatennial 1950, an annual summer festival.
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