Former "Saturday Night Live" staff writer Joe Bodolai – who co-wrote the first draft of the movie "Wayne's World" – has died ... and cops believe the death was a suicide.
TMZ has learned ... Bodolai's body was discovered yesterday by a cleaning crew at an L.A. hotel.
Law enforcement sources tell us ... Bodolai – who also co-wrote several "Wayne's World"
sketches for SNL (below) – had been staying at the hotel for more than a week.
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