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John Belushi
Birth name John Adam Belushi
Born January 24, 1949(1949-01-24)
Chicago, Illinois
Died March 5, 1982 (aged 33)
Los Angeles, California
Years active 1973–1982
Influences Lucille Ball
Influenced Mike Myers, Chris Farley
Spouse Judith Belushi-Pisano (1976-1982)
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series
1977 Saturday Night Live

John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an Emmy Award-winning American comedian, actor and musician, notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National Lampoon's Animal House, and The Blues Brothers. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Lucille Ball (August 6 1911 – April 26 1989 was an American comedienne, film television stage and radio Actress, model, film Michael Myers (or Mike Myers) may refer to Mike Myers (actor (born 1963 Canadian comic actor Michael Myers (judge (1873&ndash1950 Christopher Crosby "Chris" Farley (February 15 1964 &ndash December 18 1997 was an American Comedian and Actor. Judith Belushi Pisano (also credited as Judith/Judy Jacklin, Judith/Judy Belushi, and Judith/Judy Jacklin Belushi) is a writer graphic designer Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City The Blues Brothers are a Grammy Award -nominated American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd

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Biography

Early life

Belushi was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Agnes Belushi (née Samaras), a cashier and first-generation Albanian American, and Adam Belushi, an Albanian immigrant and restaurant operator who left his native village, Qytezë, in 1934 at the age of fifteen. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Albanian Americans are Citizens of the United States who are of Albanian ancestry [1][2][3] Belushi was raised in the Albanian Orthodox church[4] and grew up outside Chicago in Wheaton, Illinois, where he was a middle linebacker for the Wheaton Central High School football team, and attended the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and the College of DuPage near Chicago. The Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania ( Albanian: Kisha Orthodhokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë) is one of the newest autocephalous Eastern Wheaton is an affluent community located in DuPage County Illinois, approximately west of Chicago and Lake Michigan. Wheaton Warrenville South High School, or WWSHS, and locally referred to as "South" is a public four-year High school located at the corner of The University of Wisconsin&ndashWhitewater (also known as UW-Whitewater and abbreviated as UWW) is part of the University of Wisconsin System, located The College of DuPage, or COD, is the Midwest 's largest single-campus two-year Community college, with its main campus located in Glen Ellyn Belushi's younger brother James Belushi is also an actor and comedian. James Adam "Jim" Belushi (born June 15, 1954) is an American Actor, Comedian and Musician, the younger brother John met his future wife, Judy, while a sophomore in high school, and they stayed together until his death.

Career

Early years

Belushi's first big break as a comedian occurred in 1971, when he joined The Second City comedy troupe in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Thanks to his uncanny caricature of singer Joe Cocker's intense and jerky stage presence, he was cast in National Lampoon's Lemmings, a parody of Woodstock, which played Off-Broadway in 1972 (and which also showcased future Saturday Night Live performers Chevy Chase and Christopher Guest). Joe Cocker OBE (born 20 May 1944 is an English rock / Blues Singer who came to popularity in the 1960s and is most known for his gritty Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City Cornelius Crane “Chevy” Chase (born October 8 1943 is an American Emmy Award-winning Comedian, Writer, and television and film Christopher Guest (born February 5 1948 is an Emmy Award-winning writer Grammy Award-winning composer/musician director and comic actor

From 1973 to 1975, the National Lampoon aired The National Lampoon Radio Hour, a half-hour comedy program syndicated across the country on approximately 600 stations. The National Lampoon Radio Hour was a comedy Radio show which was created produced and initially written by people from National Lampoon magazine. When original director Michael O'Donoghue quit in 1974, Belushi took over the reins until the show was canceled. Michael O'Donoghue ( January 5, 1940 - November 8, 1994) was a 20th century American writer and performer Other players on the show included future SNL regulars Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Brian Doyle-Murray and Chevy Chase. Gilda Susan Radner ( June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an Emmy Award -winning American Comedienne and Actress For the British actor see Billy Murray (actor. William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Brian Doyle-Murray (born October 31, 1945) is an American Comedian, Screenwriter and Character actor. Cornelius Crane “Chevy” Chase (born October 8 1943 is an American Emmy Award-winning Comedian, Writer, and television and film Belushi married Judy Jacklin (Judy Pisano), an associate producer of The Radio Hour. Judith Belushi Pisano (also credited as Judith/Judy Jacklin, Judith/Judy Belushi, and Judith/Judy Jacklin Belushi) is a writer graphic designer A number of comic segments first performed on The Radio Hour would be translated into SNL sketches in the show's early seasons.

1975-1979

Belushi achieved national fame for his work on Saturday Night Live, which he joined as an original cast member in 1975. The year 1975 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of television-related events in 1975 Between seasons of the show, he made one of his best-known movies, Animal House. As several Belushi biographies have noted, on John's 30th birthday (in 1979), he had the number one film in the U. S. (Animal House), the number one album in the U. S. (The Blues Brothers: Briefcase Full of Blues) and Saturday Night Live was the highest-rated late night television program. The Blues Brothers are a Grammy Award -nominated American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd Briefcase Full of Blues was the first album by The Blues Brothers, released in 1978 by Atlantic Records. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City In the toga party scene in the basement of the frat house in Animal House, the uncredited coed dancing with Bluto (Belushi) is his wife. While filming Animal House, Belushi made an appearance at Ithaca College in 1976. When introduced, he came onstage with a chainsaw and cut up the podium. When asked who his favorite host on Saturday Night Live was up to that point, he named comic Robert Klein. Robert Klein (born February 8, 1942) is an American Stand-up comedian and Actor.

When interviewed for retrospectives on John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd told stories of John often finishing SNL rehearsals, shows or film shoots and, exhausted, simply walking unannounced into nearby homes of friends or strangers, scrounging around for food and often falling asleep, unable to be located for the following day's work. Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy Award -winning Canadian-American This was the impetus for the SNL horror-spoof sketch "The Thing That Wouldn't Leave", in which Belushi torments a couple (played by Jane Curtin and Bill Murray) in their home looking for snacks, newspapers and magazines to read, and taking control of their television. Jane Therese Curtin (born September 6 1947 is an Emmy Award - and Golden Globe -winning as well as 8-time Emmy Award-nominated American Actress For the British actor see Billy Murray (actor. William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Aykroyd called him "America's guest".

During his run on SNL, Belushi starred in a short film by SNL writer Tom Schiller called "Don't Look Back In Anger", where he plays himself as an old man visiting the graves of his former castmembers (including Chevy Chase, who had been off the show at the time the film was shown) and reveals that the reason he's still alive is because he's a dancer. Tom Schiller is an American Emmy Award winning writer best known for his eleven-year stint writing and directing short films for Saturday Night Live. He then proceeds to dance on the other cast members' graves. (Ironically, Belushi was the first SNL cast member to die. ) He left Saturday Night Live in 1979 to pursue a film career. Belushi would make four more movies in his career, and three of them, 1941, Neighbors, and most notably The Blues Brothers were made with fellow SNL alumnus Dan Aykroyd. 1941 is Steven Spielberg 's fourth theatrical film written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. Neighbors is a 1981 film based on the book by Thomas Berger. It was released through Columbia Pictures, directed by John G The Blues Brothers is a 1980 musical comedy directed by John Landis and starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy Award -winning Canadian-American

Other movie projects

At the time of his death, Belushi was pursuing several movie projects, including Noble Rot, an adaptation of a script by former The Mary Tyler Moore Show writer/producer Jay Sandrich entitled Sweet Deception (noble rot is a benevolent fungus that can infect wine grapes on the vine, helping to produce high quality sweet wines). The Mary Tyler Moore Show is an American Television sitcom created by James L Noble rot (French pourriture noble; German Edelfäule) is the benevolent form of a grey Fungus, Botrytis cinerea, affecting A fungus (ˈfʌŋgəs is a eukaryotic Organism that is a member of the kingdom Fungi (ˈfʌndʒaɪ Belushi was rewriting the script with former Saturday Night Live colleague Don Novello (known for his character Father Guido Sarducci). Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City Don Novello (born January 1, 1943) is an American writer Film director, producer, Actor, Singer, and Father Guido Sarducci is a fictional character made famous by American Comedian Don Novello.

Belushi was also considering the lead roles in The Joy Of Sex, a comic adaptation of the Dr. The Joy of Sex was an illustrated Sex manual by Alex Comfort, M Alex Comfort sex manual, and a part in a Louis Malle movie, Moon Over Miami. Louis Malle (30 October 1932 &ndash 23 November 1995 was a French Film director, working in both French and English. These projects were abandoned in the wake of his death.

Aykroyd wrote the roles of Dr. Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters and Emmett Fitz-Hume in Spies Like Us with Belushi in mind, and the roles were actually played by Belushi's former SNL castmates Bill Murray and Chevy Chase respectively. Peter Venkman, PhD is a fictional Scientist and member of the Ghostbusters appearing in the films Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters Zuul redirects here For the videogame see Zool. Ghostbusters (titled on-screen as Ghost Busters) is Spies Like Us is the name of a 1985 comedy film directed by John Landis, starring Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest For the British actor see Billy Murray (actor. William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Cornelius Crane “Chevy” Chase (born October 8 1943 is an American Emmy Award-winning Comedian, Writer, and television and film Aykroyd used to joke that the green ghost Slimer in Ghostbusters was "the ghost of John Belushi", given that he had a similar party animal personality. Ghostbusters is a comedy film franchise created in 1984 The two films center around a group of eccentric New York City parapsychologists who investigate and capture ghosts

Released in September of 1981, the romantic comedy "Continental Divide" starred Belushi as Chicago home town hero writer Ernie Souchack who gets put on assignment researching a scientist studying birds of prey in the remote rocky mountains. John Belushi's character "Ernie Souchak" is loosely based on popular, now deceased Chicago columnist Mike Royko, whose writings on political corruption in the Windy City, first for the Chicago Daily News, briefly for the Chicago Sun-Times and then to the end of his life for the Chicago Tribune, were legendary.

In an interview, the drummer for the punk band Fear, Spit Stix, explained that Belushi hadn't been on SNL for years, but "for the show that we were on (with Donald Pleasance as host), he did make an appearance. Fear is an Emotional response to Threats and Danger. It is a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to a specific Stimulus, such as Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE, (5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995 was an English stage and film actor. In the beginning, he's at the urinal and he turns around to the camera, 'Live! From New York!' That was a favor he did for us because during rehearsal some of our crowd — bused-in slamdancers — tripped over a cable or something, and the union people didn't want any dancers. So as a trade-off, he went up to Grant Tinker's office for us and said, 'I'll make an appearance on the show if the dancers stay. ' John was such a generous guy". [5]

The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers: Dan Aykroyd (left) and John Belushi
The Blues Brothers: Dan Aykroyd (left) and John Belushi

Since the early-mid 1990s, The Blues Brothers band has re-united, and played on. The Blues Brothers are a Grammy Award -nominated American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy Award -winning Canadian-American They are sometimes joined by Dan Aykroyd on vocals, other times by various sound alike singers. John's brother Jim Belushi toured with the band for a short time, and even recorded the album Blues Brothers & Friends: LIVE! From Chicago's H. James Adam "Jim" Belushi (born June 15, 1954) is an American Actor, Comedian and Musician, the younger brother O. B with Dan Aykroyd but he did not appear in Blues Brothers 2000 (1998). Blues Brothers 2000 is a 1998 musical / Comedy Film and Sequel to the 1980 film The Blues Brothers It's rumored he was approached to play not the role of Mighty Mack (played by John Goodman) but the role of the local Sheriff Chamberlain (the part played by Joe Morton). John Stephen Goodman (born June 20 1952 is a Golden Globe - and Emmy -winning American Actor. Joseph Morton Jr (born October 18, 1947) is an American stage television and film actor Jim would later reunite with Aykroyd to record yet another album, not as the Blues Brothers but as themselves: 'BELUSHI / AYKROYD -"Have Love Will Travel (Big Men-Big Music)"'. The Blues Brothers are a Grammy Award -nominated American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd

Trademarks

Belushi often played comically intense, volatile, obnoxious and sloppy characters, and was known for his expressive eyes and the solitary raised eyebrow. In many movies, he would raise one eyebrow for comic effect. On Saturday Night Live, he often did a running act during Weekend Update in which he would give an editorial commentary that starts calmly, but increases in emotional intensity until he is finally screaming and flailing around like a maniac. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City He gave a speech about the way things could have been, should have been, and then turns it on its ear by saying, "Buuuut nnnnnOOOOOO!" continuing on how horrid things had turned out instead.

Personal life

The "College" sweatshirt Belushi wore in National Lampoon's Animal House was purchased in Carbondale, when his brother, Jim, was a student at Southern Illinois University. Carbondale is a city in southern Illinois in the midwest United States, miles southeast of Saint Louis Missouri Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC but usually just referred to as SIU) is located in Carbondale, Illinois. [6]

According to writer/actor Tim Kazurinsky in the book Live From New York, mentor and close friend Belushi was instrumental in getting fellow Second City alumni Kazurinsky onto Saturday Night Live in 1981. Tim Kazurinsky (born March 3 1950) is an American Comedian best known for performances on the NBC show Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City But during his run on the show, Kazurinsky became very stressed out by its demands (Dick Ebersol was now the executive producer and the show was very unlike the hedonistic manner in which Lorne Michaels produced it when Belushi was a cast member). Duncan "Dick" Ebersol (born July 28, 1947 in Torrington Connecticut) is an American radio and TV manager Lorne Michaels (born November 17, 1944) is a Canadian -American Emmy -winning television producer, He later called Belushi and said that he needed a ride to the airport because he was quitting and moving back to Chicago. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Belushi and his wife picked him up but refused to bring him to the airport, at which Belushi told Kazurinsky that the show's atmosphere can get bad, but that he still had access to major broadcasting airwaves. Instead, Belushi took the performer to a psychiatrist whom he saw for a year, while staying with the show during his run.

Belushi was good friends with fellow SNL player Dan Aykroyd, whom Belushi recruited for SNL. Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy Award -winning Canadian-American They met in a Toronto speakeasy called The 505 that Aykroyd frequented, and immediately hit it off. During a discussion they had about Aykroyd possibly joining SNL, Aykroyd put on a blues record, sparking a fascination Belushi would develop with the blues. Dan educated John on the finer points of blues music, which led to the creation of their popular Blues Brothers characters. Belushi and his friend Dan Aykroyd were slated to present the first ever Visual Effects Award at the Academy Awards in 1982, but John died a few weeks prior to the event. Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy Award -winning Canadian-American "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Though devastated by John's death, Aykroyd presented the award alone, commenting on the stage "My partner would have loved to have been here to present this award, given that he was something of a visual effect himself. "

Death

Belushi was known for his drug use, and it eventually cost him his life. On March 5, 1982, Belushi, age 33, was found dead in his room at Bungalow #3 of the Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The Chateau Marmont is a Hotel built in West Hollywood California in 1927 and modeled after the Château d'Amboise in France's Loire Valley. Sunset Boulevard is a Street in the western part of Los Angeles County California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West [7] The cause of death was a speedball, an injection of cocaine and heroin. Speedballing (alternatively known as snowballing) is a term commonly referring to the Intravenous use of heroin or morphine and Cocaine together in Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant Heroin ( INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from Morphine, a derivative On the night of his death, he was visited separately by friends Robin Williams (at the height of his own drug exploits) and Robert De Niro,[8] each of whom left the premises, leaving Belushi in the company of assorted others, including Cathy Smith. Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21 1951 or 1952 is an American television stage and film actor and Comedian who has won an Academy Award for his performance Robert Mario De Niro Jr (born August 17 1943 is a two-time Academy Award -winning American Film Actor, director and producer Cathy Evelyn Smith (born 1948 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a former Backup singer and rock star Girlfriend, Groupie His death was investigated by forensic pathologist Dr. Forensic pathology is a branch of Pathology concerned with determining the Cause of death by examination of a cadaver Ryan Norris among others, and while the findings were disputed, it was officially ruled a drug-related accident.

The case was reopened two months later, when Smith, a former groupie for The Band, and a former friend of hers admitted in an interview with the National Enquirer that she had been with Belushi the night of his death and had given him the fatal speedball shot. The Band was a rock group active from 1967 to 1976 and again from 1983 to 1999 The National Enquirer (also commonly known as the Enquirer) is an American supermarket tabloid now published by American After the appearance of the article "I Killed Belushi" in the Enquirer edition of June 29, 1982, the case was reopened. Smith was extradited from Toronto, arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries A plea bargain arrangement reduced the charges to involuntary manslaughter, and she served 18 months in prison. A plea bargain (also plea agreement, plea deal or copping a plea) is an agreement in a Criminal case whereby the Prosecutor offers Manslaughter is a legal term for the killing of a human being in a manner considered by law as less culpable than Murder.

One of his last TV appearances, for the comedy series Police Squad! was eerily prescient; as a favor to friend Tino Insana, a writer on the program, Belushi was filmed, face down in a swimming pool, dead. Police Squad! is a Television Comedy series first broadcast in 1982. The footage was part of a running gag during the show's opening credits, where the episodes' guest-star wouldn't make it past them without meeting some untimely demise.

The sequence never aired, and is thought to be lost.

Tribute

John Belushi's great life is detailed in the 1985 biography Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi by Bob Woodward. Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi, is a 1984 non-fiction book by American journalist Bob Woodward about the American actor and Robert "Bob" Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post. Many friends and relatives of Belushi, including his wife Judy, Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi, agreed to be interviewed at length for the book, but later felt the final product was exploitative and not representative of the John Belushi they knew. Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy Award -winning Canadian-American James Adam "Jim" Belushi (born June 15, 1954) is an American Actor, Comedian and Musician, the younger brother The book was later adapted into a feature film in which Belushi was played by Michael Chiklis. Wired is a 1989 Film biography of John Belushi directed by Larry Peerce, and adapted from the book Wired The Short Life and Fast Michael Charles Chiklis (born August 30, 1963) is an American Actor. Belushi's friends and family boycotted the film, which proved to be critical and caused the movie to be a box-office flop.

Belushi is interred in Abel's Hill Cemetery on Martha's Vineyard Chilmark, Massachusetts. Chilmark is a town located on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. His tombstone reads "I may be gone, but Rock and Roll lives on. " His gravestone is not above his body. It was moved after operators of the cemetery had found many signs of vandalism and rowdiness where his body lies. The Grateful Dead song "West L. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. A. Fadeaway" is about Belushi's death. Belushi was a good friend to the band, especially Jerry Garcia. Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1 1942 &ndash August 9 1995 was a Musician, Songwriter, Artist, and Lead guitarist and He even performed with them on occasion in the late 1970s. Belushi was portrayed by actors Eric Siegel in Gilda Radner: It's Always Something, Tyler Labine in Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy (which also features his friendship with Robin Williams), and Michael Chiklis in Wired. Tyler Sean Labine (born April 26 1978, Brampton Ontario) is a Canadian Actor. Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21 1951 or 1952 is an American television stage and film actor and Comedian who has won an Academy Award for his performance Michael Charles Chiklis (born August 30, 1963) is an American Actor. Wired is a 1989 Film biography of John Belushi directed by Larry Peerce, and adapted from the book Wired The Short Life and Fast

His widow later remarried and is now Judith Belushi Pisano. Judith Belushi Pisano (also credited as Judith/Judy Jacklin, Judith/Judy Belushi, and Judith/Judy Jacklin Belushi) is a writer graphic designer Her biography (with co-biographer Tanner Colby) of John, Belushi: A Biography is a collection of first-person interviews and photographs, and was published in 2005. Belushi A Biography is an "oral history" biography of John Belushi, written and collaborated by John's widow Judith Belushi Pisano and

The James Taylor song That's Why I'm Here honored Belushi and Taylor's feelings on his death. James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American Singer-songwriter and Guitarist, born in Boston, Massachusetts That's Why I'm Here is Singer-songwriter James Taylor 's twelfth Album.

On April Fools' Day 2004, 22 years after his death, Belushi was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, after a ten-year lobby by James Belushi and Judith Belushi Pisano. This article is about the informal holiday For other uses see April Fool. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that Among those present at the ceremony were Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, and Tom Arnold. Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy Award -winning Canadian-American Cornelius Crane “Chevy” Chase (born October 8 1943 is an American Emmy Award-winning Comedian, Writer, and television and film Edward Bridge “Ted” Danson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American Actor best known for his role as central character " Mary Nell Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an Academy Award -winning American actress. Tom Arnold is the name of Tom Arnold (actor, an American actor Tom Arnold (politician, a British politician Tom

In 2006, Discovery Channel aired the "John Belushi" episode of Final 24, a documentary following Belushi in the last 24 hours leading to his death. Discovery Channel is an American Satellite and Cable TV channel (also delivered via IPTV, Terrestrial television and Final 24 is a Canadian documentary series which airs on the Discovery Channel, Global Television Network in Canada

Filmography

Recurring characters on SNL

Celebrity impersonations on SNL

References

  1. ^ NBC.com > Saturday Night Live > Bios
  2. ^ John Belushi Biography (1949-1982)
  3. ^ Books Of The Times; Close-Up Of John Belushi - New York Times
  4. ^ The religion of John Belushi, actor, comedian
  5. ^ http://markprindle.com/stix-i.htm
  6. ^ :: TheSouthern.com - Southern Illinois' Homepage ::
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NAME Belushi, John Adam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION American actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago, Illinois, United States
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1982
PLACE OF DEATH Los Angeles, California, United States
Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)
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