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John Belushi

  • Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
  • Birthday: January 24, 1949

By the young age of 33, actor John Belushi had found fame and fortune as the comedic Samurai of screens both big and small, as well as a rhythm & blues showman of music hall stages and best selling records. A relatively small man of robust proportions and a mastery of eye-brow raising deadpan, Belushi translated his size into agility and laughs, which brought great creative success, but ultimately, fatal personal excess. In the seminal pop culture staples, television’s legendary sketch show “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 1975- ) and the big …more

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  • 1982

    On March 5, 1982, John Belushi was found dead in his hotel room at the age of 33; the cause of death was a lethal injection of cocaine and heroin

  • 1981

    Appeared in Continental Divide, playing a hard-nosed Chicago newspaperman who finds romance in Colorado

  • 1981

    Co-starred with Dan Aykroyd in the movie Neighbors, with John playing a straight-arrow family man whose life is turned upside down when a wild family man (Aykroyd) moves in next door

  • 1980

    Received top billing in John Landis The Blues Brothers, co-starred with Dan Aykroyd

  • 1979

    Along with fellow SNL regular Dan Aykroyd quit the series to pursue movie projects

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