The comedian was privately battling cancer for nine years; he was only 61.

He never wanted the diagnosis to affect the way the audience or any of his loved ones saw him.

Norm was a pure comic.

Norm Macdonald smiling

He once wrote that ‘a joke should catch someone by surprise, it should never pander.’

He certainly never pandered.

Norm will be missed terribly."

Norm Macdonald and Dylan Macdonald

MacDonald first made the rounds around comedy clubs in Canada in 1992.

MacDonald was also survived by his son, Dylan Macdonald, who appears to also be into comedy.

Read on to know more about him.

Dylan is definitely under the radar when it comes to his career and internet presence.

However, he did appear in awidely circulated videoof a Tom Green show, with his father.

But aReddit chaindid find aYouTube channelfeaturing Dylan and his friends in comedy sketches.

However, there have been no uploads since 2015.