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PHIL HARTMAN

Name: Philip Edward Hartmann                                                     
Born: 24 September 1948 Brantford, Ontario                                       
Died: 28 May 1998 Encino, California                                             
                                                                                 
Phil Hartman (September 24, 1948 - May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-American Emmy   
Award-winning writer as well as an actor, voice artist, 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.