Phil Hartman

Phil Hartman was a Canadian-born American Emmy Award-winning writer as well as an actor, voice actor, comedian and graphic artist.

He first came to widespread attention in the late 1980s and early 1990s for his roles on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, afterwards going on to motion pictures, frequent roles on the long-running FOX animated series The Simpsons, and a major part as "Bill McNeal" on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio. He was shot to death by his wife Brynn while asleep in his home in Encino, California on May 28, 1998.