Norm Macdonald once poked a laugh on the phrase "lost his battle with cancer" 10 years before dying of the disease. Now, following information of his loss of life on Tuesday, the video has resurfaced online.
Comedian Tom Thakkar shared the clip on Twitter, which is from Macdonald's 2011 special "Me Doing Stand-Up." In the bit, the former "Saturday Night Live" superstar derides the terminology used so frequently when relating to deaths via cancer.
"In the old days, a man could just get sick and die. Now, they have to 'wage a battle,'" Macdonald stated in the clip.
The comedian went on to joke that his uncle Burt used to be "'waging a courageous battle'" against cancer from his clinic bed whilst watching TV.
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"In the old days, they'd go, 'Hey! That old man died. Now, they go 'Hey, he lost his battle,'" Macdonald explained. "That's no way to end your life."
"What a loser that guy was. The last thing he did was lose," he joked.
Elsewhere in the clip, Macdonald tells audience individuals that he is not going to have a "brave battle" when he's demise.
"When the fucking sickle of death is over my goddamn neck, I'm gonna be so cowardly ... I'm not gonna be brave," Macdonald stated at the time. "I don't care how old I am, I could be 94. I'll still be like 'Oh, please take my grandson.'"
News broke Tuesday that Macdonald had died after privately struggling with cancer for nine years. The comedian was once 61.
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In a statement to Deadline, Macdonald's producing spouse and friend Lori Jo Hoekstra mentioned the "Roseanne" creator was once "most proud of his comedy."
"He never wanted the diagnosis to affect the way the audience or any of his loved ones saw him. Norm was a pure comic," Hoekstra mentioned.
Macdonald was in the past married to Connie Vaillancourt earlier than they reportedly divorced in 1999. He is survived through their son, Dylan Macdonald.
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