by Hannah MarderBuzzFeedBuzzFeed StaffI'm a Senior Staff Writer based in New York City, where I've been covering classic BuzzFeed-style content since 2020. 1. Writer and comedian Phil Hartman was a beloved fixture on SNL and a celebrated movie star when he was killed by his wife, Brynn Omdahl, in 1998. Omdahl shot Hartman while he was sleeping, then shot herself a few hours later. She had been a cocaine user, and the drug was found in her system along with alcohol and Zoloft.