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Barry Blaustein, Eddie Murphy’s SNL writer, dead at 71

Barry Blaustein, the former Saturday Night Live writer who helped Eddie Murphy create some of the show’s most memorable ...

Barry Blaustein, Writer for Eddie Murphy on ‘Saturday Night Live’ and the ‘Coming to America’ Films, Dies at 71

He and David Sheffield teamed on Buckwheat, Gumby and Mr. Robinson sketches and on scripts for Murphy’s ‘Nutty Professor’ ...