Editing Hal Willner (section)

==Personal life==
Willner married television producer [[Sheila Rogers]]. In November, 2004, their son Arlo was born.<ref name = NYT/>

===Death===
Willner had symptoms consistent with [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]]. He died at his home on the [[Upper West Side]] of Manhattan on April 7, 2020, one day after his 64th birthday during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York City|pandemic in New York City]].<ref name = NYT/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/music/obituaries-people-news/hal-willner-dead-dies-music-producer-saturday-night-live-1234573202/|title=Hal Willner, Music Producer and 'SNL' Veteran, Dies of Coronavirus at 64|last=Willman|first=Chris|date=2020-04-07|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07|archive-date=April 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407192315/https://variety.com/2020/music/obituaries-people-news/hal-willner-dead-dies-music-producer-saturday-night-live-1234573202/|url-status=live}}</ref> A tribute to Willner was played during the [[Saturday Night Live at Home|April 11, 2020 episode]] of ''Saturday Night Live'', featuring both the reminiscences of current and past cast members and a choral rendition of [[Lou Reed]]'s song "[[Perfect Day (Lou Reed song)|Perfect Day]]".<ref>Jem Aswad, [https://variety.com/2020/music/news/saturday-night-live-hal-willner-tribute-snl-watch-video-1234578107/ "‘Saturday Night Live’ Pays Loving Tribute to Longtime Sketch Music Maestro Hal Willner"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413032516/https://variety.com/2020/music/news/saturday-night-live-hal-willner-tribute-snl-watch-video-1234578107/ |date=April 13, 2020 }}. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', April 11, 2020.</ref>