Jon Lovitz and David Spade bonded over tragedy
Jon Lovitz and David Spade bonded over their personal tragedies. Although the 'Saturday Night Live' alums have known each other for decades, Jon admitted it was only after they both went through loss - with the murder of his best friend Phil Hartman and the accidental drug overdose of Spade's close pal Chris Farley in 1998 - that they became close. Jon, 66, told PEOPLE: "I said [to David], ‘Well, maybe we could become friends, because we're both missing our other half … our best friends'. David] goes, 'yeah.' But I think because it was hard for me, it took a while, and then, one day, I played ...