{"id":1042618,"date":"2021-11-22T04:28:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T09:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1042618"},"modified":"2021-11-22T04:28:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T09:28:39","slug":"dan-aykroyds-brother-peter-who-also-starred-on-snl-dead-at-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dan-aykroyds-brother-peter-who-also-starred-on-snl-dead-at-66\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Aykroyd&#039;s Brother Peter, Who Also Starred on &#039;SNL,&#039; Dead at 66"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdan-aykroyds-brother-peter-who-also-starred-on-snl-dead-at-66%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1042618&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/peter-aykroyd-1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Nov. 21 (UPI) \u2014 Peter Aykroyd, a former <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> featured player\/writer and the younger brother of comedy legend Dan Aykroyd, has died at the age of 66, the sketch-comedy show announced.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend\u2019s edition of SNL featured a photo of the late Canadian performer \u2014 who appeared on the show 1979-80 \u2014 with his birth and death years 1955-2021.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The SNL Twitter feed also showed \u201cJava Junkie,\u201d a short comedy film starring Aykroyd and Teri Garr.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.5428571428571\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Peter Aykroyd <br \/>1955-2021 <br \/>SNL &#8217;79-&#8217;80 <br \/>&#8220;The Java Junkie&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5IJWJTezgz\">pic.twitter.com\/5IJWJTezgz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Saturday Night Live \u2013 SNL (@nbcsnl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbcsnl\/status\/1462309004974202884?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His other credits include PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal, Nothing But Trouble, Coneheads, The New Avengers and SCTV.<\/p>\n<p>The cause and circumstances of Aykroyd\u2019s death have not been disclosed, and his brother has not publicly commented on it.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Peter J Aykroyd - City of Crime ft. Dan Aykroyd &amp; Tom Hanks (Rap Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VTqZesyFOtk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Dan Aykroyd \u2014 69 \u2014 starred in the first four seasons of SNL from 1975-79. 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