When his wife Brynn Omdahl Hartman killed him inside their Los Angeles home on May 28, 1998, at the age of just 49, Phil Hartman lost his life. The news about Phil Hartman’s wife shooting him dead in a gruesome murder-suicide startled the nation.
However, Phil Hartman’s passing was anticipated by people who had known the pair for a long period.
What show was Phil Hartman on when he died?
Thanks to his work on popular shows like The Simpsons and Saturday Night Live, Hartman was regarded at the time as one of America’s funniest comics.
And while many comedians have a reputation for having troubled private lives hidden behind their amusing on-screen personas, Phil Hartman’s tale finally turned out to be unusually heartbreaking.
His final performance was as the quick-witted cat Jiji in the English language dub of Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), which also starred Small Soldiers co-star Kirsten Dunst in the lead vocal role. In his Encino, California, home on May 28, 1998, Brynn Hartman, Phil’s wife, fatally shot him as he slept.
