John Belushi
John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an Albanian-American actor, comedian and singer, and one of the seven original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL). Throughout his career, Belushi had a close personal and artistic partnership with his fellow SNL star Dan Aykroyd, whom he met while they were both working at Chicago's The Second City comedy club.
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| Full name at birth | John Adam Belushi
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| Claim to fame | John "Bluto" Blutarsky In National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), "Joliet" Jake Blues, Lead Vocals In The Blues Brothers (1980).
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| Date of birth | 24 January 1949
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| Place of birth | Chicago, Illinois, USA
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| Date of death | 5 March 1982
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| Age | 33 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Chateau Marmont, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Cause of death | Cocaine and Heroin Overdose
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| Resting place | Abel's Hill Cemetery
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| Occupation | Comedian, Actor, and Musician
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| Height | 5' 8" (173 cm)
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| Distinctive feature | Raised Eyebrow.
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| Net worth | $2,000,000 USD
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| High school | Wheaton Warrenville South High School, Wheaton, Illinois, United States (1967)
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- Is portrayed by Michael Chiklis in Wired (1989)
- His friend Dan Aykroyd used to refer to the green ghost Slimer from Ghost Busters (1984) as "the ghost of John Belushi", based on the similar party animal personality.
- Made a "Guest Star Appearance" on an episode of the 1982 TV series "Police Squad!" (1982) which showed him underwater wearing cement shoes. He died shortly before the episode aired, so the scene was cut and replaced by a segment with William Conrad. After the success of the The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) movies in the early 90s, ABC-TV re-aired episodes of "Police Squad!" and hoped to re-edit the Belushi scene back into the episode. However, the footage could not be found and is now presumed lost or destroyed.
- When he was on "Saturday Night Live" (1975), he was in a sketch in which he plays an old man who is the "last" surviving member of the original SNL cast, whom he visits in a cemetery. Ironically he was the "first" cast member to die.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 61-62. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
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