Former SNL writer, Square Pegs creator Anne Beatts dead at 74
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Former Saturday Night Live and Square Pegs creator Anne Beatts died at the age of 74 in her home in West Hollywood on Wednesday. File Photo courtesy of the Vancouver Film School/Flickr
April 8 (UPI) Anne Beatts a comedy writer who helmed many of
Saturday Night Live s earliest characters has died. She was 74 years old.
Beatts died at her home in West Hollywood on Wednesday and a cause of death has not yet been confirmed, Variety and Deadline reported.
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Beatts began her comedy career writing for the
National Lampoon where she became the publication s first female editor. She wrote a notorious Volkswagen Beetle spoof ad that featured the car floating alongside the line If Ted Kennedy drove a Volkswagen, he d be President today, which prompted a lawsuit from the car company.
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