Nathan Rabin has written a wonderful obituary for this talented woman who has died at the age of 57. It’s a beautiful tribute.
The Sweeney Sisters will be emblazoned in my mind forever. In college, my friend Jackie and I were The Sweeney Sisters for Halloween, wearing matching bright electric-blue bridesmaid dresses, leftover from an overwrought wedding Jackie was in. Another bridesmaid donated her dress for me to wear on Halloween. The deluded bride said to Jackie when presenting the horrific dress Jackie would have to wear and (of course) buy: “You’ll definitely wear it again!” Jackie murmured to me later: “On what planet will I ever wear this again.” Little did the bride know that Jackie would wear the dress again. She would wear it as a GOOF a couple years later.)
Jan Hooks was on SNL when I watched it most regularly. Every episode was an event. The cast! Hooks’ lunatic presence, her uncanny transformations, her ability to disappear into a million different characters, struck all of us. We loved her. Gone way too soon. And not enough of her.
R.I.P.
Oh, this is so sad. I loved her and always hoped she’d come back in a big, big way.
Me too!! So sad.