Don Pardo, the longtime announcer on NBC Television's Saturday Night Live, passed away on Monday at Tucson, Arizona at age 96.
From the show's beginning in 1975 through 37 of the show's first 38 seasons (missing only 1981-82, the show's seventh), Mr. Pardo introduced cast members who would eventually become stars, such as Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Eddie Murphy, and Tina Fay, amongst others.
The Massachusetts-born son of Polish immigrants, Don was a longtime staff announcer at NBC (he joined NBC Radio in 1944), having announced the original (Bill Cullen-hosted) version of The Price Is Right and the original (Art Fleming-hosted) version of Jeopardy.
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