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One of modern comedy’s greatest talents made one final stand-up special before he passed away – and it’s been kept a secret, until now.

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00:00It turns out Norm Macdonald shot one final secret stand-up special.

00:04The comedian privately made a one-hour stand-up special

00:07before he passed away from cancer in September 2021 at the age of 61.

00:12The acclaimed Saturday Night Live actor was diagnosed with the disease in 2012,

00:16but kept his illness private.

00:17He was working on new material for a Netflix special

00:19when he had to go into the hospital in the summer of 2020.

00:23His longtime producing partner, Laurie Jo Hoekstra, told The Hollywood Reporter,

00:26his test results were not good.

00:28So during the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic

00:30and literally the night before going in for a procedure,

00:34he wanted to get this on tape just in case, as he put it, things went south.

00:37It was his intention to have a special to share if something happened.

00:41The result was an hour-long stand-up special shot in Macdonald's living room

00:44that the actor filmed in a single take.

00:46As it turned out, he made it through the medical procedure just fine.

00:49But the star became very ill a year later,

00:52before the Netflix special he'd been working on

00:54could be properly filmed before an audience.

00:56Netflix will release the surprise program

00:58Norm Macdonald, Nothing Special,

01:00a title suggested by the late comedian on May 30th.

01:04The program will include clips of Conan O'Brien

01:06and more comedians discussing Macdonald

01:08during the recent Netflix is a Joke Fest.

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01:13This is The Hollywood Reporter News.