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Judd Apatow spoke with PEOPLE about his friend Norm Macdonald, the late comedy legend who died four years ago, on Sept. 14, 2021
"I just remember that, at the end of the show, he got very emotional and said to the crowd, 'You're so nice to me, but I have to go over there now,' " Apatow says
Macdonald died at age 61 after a private nine-year battle with cancer
Judd Apatow had no idea that his friend Norm Macdonald was ill the last time they performed together, but he does remember the emotion of the night.
Macdonald died at age 61 in 2021 after a private nine-year cancer battle. And ahead of the four-year anniversary of his death on Sunday, Sept. 14, Apatow told PEOPLE about one of his final memories of the Saturday Night Live star — which was tinged with Macdona