- Born: 15 February 1964
- Died: 18 December 1997
- Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin
- Best known as:
Star of TV's Saturday Night Live
4 good links
- Dave's Chris Farley Page
Fan site; good Letterman show transcripts
- The Chris Farley Foundation
Family-connected outfit fighting substance abuse through comedy
- Farley Died From Overdose
CNN's 1998 report on Farley's autopsy, with a link to their earlier obituary
- The Chris Farley Show
2008 New York review of a bio by Farley's brother, with a few naughty words
Chris Farley Biography
Chris Farley got his early comic training with Chicago's famous Second City comedy troupe. Later he became the popular big-pudgy-guy cast member of TV's Saturday Night Live and then moved into feature films. He was known for his collaborations with comedian David Spade; they appeared together in the films Tommy Boy (1995), Black Sheep (1996) and Coneheads (1993). Farley was found dead in his Chicago apartment in December of 1997; an autopsy indicated he died of an accidental overdose of cocaine and morphine, with coronary atherosclerosis -- a narrowing of the heart arteries -- a contributing factor.
Extra credit:
Chris Farley's best-known character on Saturday Night Live was clumsy motivational speaker Matt Foley, who warned kids they could end up living "...in a van down by the river!"
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