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Out Like A Rocket

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05-10-21
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CHARLES ROCKET, SNL ALUM, DEAD AT 56 Charles Rocket, the "Saturday Night Live" cast member fired for swearing in the early 1980s, slit his own throat, it was revealed Monday. Rocket, 56, was found dead with his throat slashed Oct. 7 in a field near his Canterbury, Conn., home. The Connecticut medical examiner's office Monday said the injury was self-inflicted, E! Online reported. Rocket, whose real name was Charles Claverie, was a cast member on "SNL" during the low-rated 1980-81 season. The expletive episode occurred during a skit spoofing Dallas' infamous "Who Shot J.R.?" plot. Rocket, playing the J.R. role, dropped the F- bomb after being asked what it was like to have been shot. Rocket appeared in the movies "Dumb and Dumber" and "Dances with Wolves" and also had numerous TV roles including stints on "Moonlighting," "Max Headroom" and "Normal, Ohio." The actor is survived by his wife, Beth, and son, Zane.

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