Celebs Take To Twitter To Mourn Jan Hooks' Death
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Jan Hooks surprising death at the age of 57 met with an outpouring of love from fellow comedians and other celebrities on Twitter.
The comic actress was best known for her many years on "Saturday Night Live" where she won raves for playing Ivana Trump, Tammy Faye Bakker, Sinead O'Connor and one of the lounge-singing Sweeney Sisters.
"She was totally amazing as a sketch player," one of her colleagues, Kevin Nealon, told People magazine.
Hooks was on "SNL" from 1986 to 1991.
The actress later went on to play a lead role in the final two seasons of the comedy "Designing Women." In recent years she has had a lower profile, but she was considered a landmark performer by many younger comedians.
Jan Hooks made me laugh so hard so many times. Very sad.
-- Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) October 10, 2014
RT @kevin_nealon: My girlfriend in the 80's & friend forever. God, were you talented.
Too soon & too sad
#JanHooks pic.twitter.com/nOyFkfa656
-- Joel McHale (@joelmchale) October 10, 2014
Jan Hooks, you will be missed. Always found the funny, then elevated it to dizzying heights. A true great of SNL for the ages.
-- Carol Leifer (@carolleifer) October 10, 2014
"There's no basement at the Alamo!" -Jan Hooks RIP
-- Doug Benson (@DougBenson) October 10, 2014
Jan Hooks was a brilliant comedic performer. RIP
-- marc maron (@marcmaron) October 10, 2014
We should have gotten more Jan Hooks than we got. What a ripoff. What a cheat. She was brilliant.
-- Paul F. Tompkins (@PFTompkins) October 10, 2014