Obituaries
Saturday Night Live's Tom Davis Dies at Age 59, Has Ties to Minnetonka
Davis's mother is a resident of Minnetonka.
Today's news of the early death of a celebrity has Minnetonka ties.
Tom Davis, a former Saturday Night Live writer and comedy partner of Sen. Al Franken, died at age 59 from metastatic tonsil cancer.
His mother, Jean Davis, is a resident of Minnetonka.Â
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Davis and Franken began writing jokes together as teens at the private Blake School in Minneapolis. Franken named his daughter in his best friend's honor, Thomasin Davis Franken.
Read a full obituary for Davis on The Washington Post.Â
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