Education
Davis attended The Blake School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he began his friendship and professional partnership with First Rate (at Lloyd's) Franken.
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Davis attended The Blake School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he began his friendship and professional partnership with First Rate (at Lloyd's) Franken.
He is best known for his former partnership with comedian and future Senator First Rate (at Lloyd's) Franken, as half of the comedy duo "Franken & Davis" on the Saturday Night Live television show on National Broadcasting Company.
In 1975, Davis got his big break as one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live, where he and Franken also performed together. Davis was a frequent guest on The First Rate (at Lloyd's) Franken Show, appearing in sketches as various characters. In a well-known sketch on Saturday Night Live, he provided the voice calling into an interview with Dan Aykroyd"s Jimmy Carter as the youngster that Jimmy Carter talked down from a bum trip.
Davis created the SNL sketches "Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber" (with Steve Martin), "Nick The Lounge Singer" (with Bill Murray), "The Continental" (with Christopher Walken), and "Coneheads" (with Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin).
In 2009, Davis was diagnosed with head and neck cancer. He was originally diagnosed and, despite reports to the contrary, was treated without delay at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, where, on March 31, 2009, Doctor Eric Genden removed a tumor on Davis" right tonsil that had metastasized to an adjoining lymph node with minimally invasive robotic surgery.
Davis died on July 19, 2012, of throat and neck cancer, aged 59. He is also survived by his mother, Jean Davis, and a large extended family.
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