According to multiple sources, actor and comedian Joe Flaherty has passed.
Flaherty retired about a decade ago, but still lived large in the public consciousness of GenX and probably on either side of that media-consuming era.
I knew Joe originally from SCTV episodes, and basically stole his Count Floyd bit to entertain Jamie as Count Dracula Jr. Flaherty was fortunate or unfortunate enough to be surrounded by some of the comedy giants of his generation - so you both have a bar set that's extraordinarily high and you're one of the SCTV bunch rather than just Joe Flaherty. But he did work *constantly* until his retirement in 2012-ish.
He was always good, and quite often *great*, and I'll miss knowing he was out there.
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