Listen Live Home Connect Media On Air Local Contests & Rules News Chambana Deals Contact Home » News » Story NEWS Peter Aykroyd, Emmy nominated ‘SNL’ actor-writer, dead at 66 6 DAYS AGO IN ENTERTAINMENT This image released by NBC shows Peter Aykroyd during a sketch on "Saturday Night Live" in New York on Feb. 9, 1980. Aykroyd, an Emmy-nominated actor and writer on “Saturday Night Live” for the 1979-80 season who later worked with older brother Dan Aykroyd on everything from a TV show about the paranormal to such films as “Dragnet” and “Coneheads,” has died at age 66. (Alan Singer/NBCU Photo Bank via AP) PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS Share Tweet Share By The Associated Press undefined NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Aykroyd, an Emmy-nominated actor and writer on “Saturday Night Live” for the 1979-80 season who later worked with older brother, Dan, on everything from a TV show about the paranormal to such films as “Dragnet” and “Coneheads,” has died at age 66. In a brief statement Monday to The Associated Press, Dan Aykroyd cited the medical examiner in Spokane, Washington, and said that his brother “succumbed to septicemia from an internal infection precipitated by an untreated abdominal hernia.” Further details were not immediately available. Peter Aykroyd’s death was first reported last weekend on “Saturday Night Live,” which also tweeted a short film by Tom Schiller he starred in for the show, the noir parody “Java Junkie.” Former “Saturday Night Live’ writer Alan Zweibel posted a tribute on Facebook, calling Aykroyd “a very funny, really nice guy.” He was born in Ottawa, Canada, and his career followed a similar path to his brother’s — the Second City comedy troupe in Toronto and eventually “Saturday Night Live,” which he joined months after Dan Aykroyd and fellow original member John Belushi left to focus on their movie careers. Peter Aykroyd’s year on “SNL” brought him an Emmy nomination for best writing in a variety or music program. Much of the remaining cast and writing crew left the NBC show after the 1979-80 season and Peter Aykroyd would work off and on with his brother over the next 20 years. He appeared in “The Coneheads,” “Dragnet and “Dr. Detroit” and co-wrote with Dan the 1991 horror comedy “Nothing But Trouble.” The Aykroyds had a shared interest in science fiction and the paranormal and Peter helped create the Canadian TV production “Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal,” which was hosted by Dan and ran from 1996-2000. TAGS: DAN AYKROYD, OBITUARY, PETER AYKROYD, SNL STORY © 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS - IMAGES © 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS RECENT HEADLINES 4 DAYS AGO IN MUSIC ‘Get Back’ series dispels, and confirms, some Beatle myths For 50 years, the fixed narrative had the Beatles' "Let it Be" recording session as a miserable experience with a band where members were sick of each other, sick of their work and in the process of breaking up. 4 DAYS AGO IN ENTERTAINMENT, TRENDING Performers gear up for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Growing up in Chicago, Broadway star Brittney Mack faithfully watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV after fulfilling her own parade duties. Now she's getting ready to bundle up, hit the streets of Manhattan and be part of the big one for the first time. 4 DAYS AGO IN NATIONAL, TRENDING All 3 men charged in Arbery’s death convicted of murder Three men were convicted of murder Wednesday in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black man who was running empty-handed through a Georgia subdivision when the white strangers chased him, trapped him on a quiet street and blasted him with a shotgun. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK! Copyright 2021 Saga Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. EEO Report | FCC Public File | FCC Applications For assistance accessing public files, contact pfhelp@illiniradio.com Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Contests & Rules | Some images copyright AP, Clipart.com Non-Discriminatory Advertising Letter | Advisory Public Notice - Non-Discriminatory Ad Contracts CONTACT Contact Us Contest Rules Jobs Employment Application Online Outlet CONNECT Email Club Signup Facebook Twitter Instagram CONTESTS Contests Contest Rules NEWS Closings Music Entertainment Lifestyle National Sports Weird ON AIR MEDIA & EVENTS Community Calendar Concerts Viral Videos