Sarah Sherman’s SNL Residual Checks Were Being Sent To Gilda Radner’s Estate, And Lorne Michaels' Reaction To This ‘Crazy Coincidence’ Was On Brand News By Riley Utley published 27 June 2025 ...

Related: Original SNL cast members Jane Curtin and Laraine Newman honor late costar Gilda Radner at 50th anniversary special "Gilda had, you know, emotional ups and downs," Short explained.

Gilda Radner -- one of the most influential cast members in "Saturday Night Live" history -- played a pivotal role in shaping "SNL," forever changing the course of comedy.

Then Radner died of ovarian cancer in 1989, when she was 42. "To know her for as long as I knew her was, really, sort of a training camp," Murray said.