Christopher Crosby "Chris" Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American comedian and actor. Farley was a member of Chicago's The Second City Theatre and the cast of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. He has also starred in a string of successful comedy films in the 1990s before he died suddenly on December 18, 1997 of cardiac arrest in his Chicago apartment due to drug overdose.
Farley was born in Madison, Wisconsin...
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Christopher Crosby "Chris" Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American comedian and actor. Farley was a member of Chicago's The Second City Theatre and the cast of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. He has also starred in a string of successful comedy films in the 1990s before he died suddenly on December 18, 1997 of cardiac arrest in his Chicago apartment due to drug overdose.
Farley was born in Madison, Wisconsin to Mary Anne, a homemaker, and Thomas Farley, Sr., who owned a paving company. He had three brothers, Tom Farley, Jr., actors Kevin and John, and a sister, Barbara. The family was very traditional Irish Catholic and all the children attended Madison area Catholic schools, like Edgewood High School. Jim Farley, a vice president at Ford Motor Company, is his cousin. According to Joel Murray, a fellow Second City cast member, Chris, who was from an Irish Catholic family, would "always make it to Mass". Many of his summers were spent as a camper...
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