Fired SNL actor Charles Rocket, 56, a suicide
Posted: Tuesday, October 18th, 2005 10:11 pmCharles Rocket, an actor and former “Saturday Night Live” comedian who gained notoriety almost 25 years ago for uttering an unscripted obscenity during a skit on the NBC show, has died. He was 56.
Mr. Rocket, 56, was found dead Oct. 7 in a field near his home in Canterbury, Conn. His throat had been cut, and the Connecticut medical examiner’s office has ruled his death a suicide. …
Mr. Rocket joined the “SNL” cast in the fall of 1980 and let an expletive slip the following February during a spoof of the famed “Who Shot J.R.?” plot line from the CBS night-time soap “Dallas.” Viewers complained, and NBC issued an apology.
The former television newscaster was fired soon after along with other cast members and writers on the show, which had tepid ratings. … Read full obituary
