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    • Jan 5, 1940
    "Saturday Night Live" writer Michael O'Donoghue is born in Sauquoit, New York. The Emmy-winner also pens Dolly Parton's 1982 country hit "Single Women"
    Dec 7, 1963
    Writer Michael O'Donoghue marries Janice Bickel, a union that lasts just six months. Two decades later, he finds success as the songwriter behind Dolly Parton's country hit "Single Women"
    Oct 11, 1975
    "Saturday Night Live" makes its debut from New York on NBC-TV. Among the writers for its first episode is Michael O'Donoghue, who also authors Dolly Parton's 1982 country hit "Single Women"
    Oct 10, 1981
    "Wookin' pa nub in all da wong paces": Eddie Murphy's Buckwheat character mangles "Lookin' For Love" on NBC's "Saturday Night Live." The episode also features Christine Ebersole performing a future Dolly Parton hit, "Single Women," composed by "SNL" writer Michael O'Donoghue
    Oct 14, 1984
    Tony Danza, Shelly Hack and Paul Michael Glaser star in the ABC-TV movie "Single Bars, Single Women." The script is based on the Michael O'Donoghue-penned Dolly Parton hit "Single Women"
    Oct 26, 1986
    Michael O'Donoghue, the composer of Dolly Parton's "Single Women," marries "Saturday Night Live" piano player Cheryl Hardwick
    Nov 8, 1994
    Former "Saturday Night Live" comedy writer Michael O'Donoghue dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in New York City. A dozen years earlier, he earned a country hit as the writer of Dolly Parton's "Single Women"
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