Toward the end of her life, Radner wrote in her autobiography, It's Always Something, that during her childhood and young adulthood she had battled numerous eating disorders: 'I coped with stress by having every possible eating disorder from the time I was nine years old. She attended the exclusive University Liggett School in Detroit. She grew up in Detroit with a nanny, Elizabeth Clementine Gillies, whom she called 'Dibby' (and on whom she based her famous character Emily Litella), and an older brother, Michael. Through her mother, Radner was a second cousin of business executive Steve Ballmer. Radner was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Jewish parents, Henrietta (née Dworkin), a legal secretary, and Herman Radner, a businessman. 2.2 Work in theater, a record album and her first movie.Posthumously, Radner won a Grammy Award in 1990, was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 1992, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003. Her widower, Gene Wilder, carried out her wish that information about her illness would be used to help other cancer victims, founding-and inspiring the founding of-organizations that emphasize early diagnosis, attention to hereditary factors and support for cancer patients. Her autobiography dealt frankly with her life, work, and personal struggles, including her struggles with that illness. Radner's SNL work established her as an iconic figure in the history of American comedy. She also portrayed those characters in her highly successful one-woman show on Broadway in 1979.

In 1978, she won an Emmy Award for her performances on the show. In her routines, Radner specialized in parodies of television stereotypes, such as advice specialists and news anchors. Gilda Susan Radner (June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an American comedian and actress, and one of the seven original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live ( SNL). Original cast member of Saturday Night Live

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