Two-time Emmy award-winning writer Joe Flaherty died following a 'brief illness'
Joe Flaherty, an original cast member on the Canadian sketch comedy series "SCTV" died on Monday. He was 82.
Flaherty died following a "brief illness," his daughter Gudrun confirmed to The Associated Press.
The two-time Emmy award-winning writer also found fame playing Harold Weir on the NBC series "Freaks and Geeks."
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Joe Flaherty died Monday following a "brief illness." He was 82. (Getty Images)
Flaherty, who was born in Pittsburgh, began his career in comedy at The Second City improv comedy troupe before establishing a new center in Toronto.
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He starred alongside John Candy and Catherine O'Hara in "SCTV," a series about a fictional TV station, Second City Television, which featured a range of characters in front of and behind the camera.
Flaherty starred as Harold Weir, the dad on the cult-classic show, "Freaks and Geeks." (Getty Images)
Egeune Levy, Rick Moranis, Harold Ramis and Martin Short also starred on the program, which ran for six seasons on NBC.
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