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John Adam Belushi Wiki Biography

John Adam Belushi was born on the 24th January 1949, in Chicago, Illinois USA, of Albanian descent. He was an actor and comedian, who came to fame as one of the original cast of the sketch show “Saturday Night Live” (1975) and later appeared in successful comedies including “National Lampoon’s Animal House” (1978) and “The Blues Brothers” (1980). He died on the 5th March 1982 in West Hollywood, California USA at the age of 33 from the effects of an accidental overdose. John Belushi was active in the entertainment industry from 1973 to 1982.

How rich was the actor? The authoritative sources have estimated that the total size of John Belushi’s net worth was as much as $2 million.

To begin with, John Belushi was the son of Agnes and Adam Belushi. He grew up in Wheaton and had a brother, Jim and a sister, Marian.

Concerning his professional career, Belushi debuted as a comic actor at the beginning of 1970s. In 1972, he had a role in the play “Lemmings”, a parody of Woodstock and a production of the humorous magazine National Lampoon. Then he worked on “The National Lampoon Radio Hour”, before in 1975 switching to the television program “Saturday Night Live”. Belushi, Gilda Radner, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd and George Coe formed the cast of the first season of the sketch program. Belushi was one of the most popular comedians of the program and it helped him to get roles in comic films like “National Lampoon’s Animal House” (1978), “Goin’ South” (1978), “Old Boyfriends” (1979), and others. In 1979, Belushi played the lead role in Steven Spielberg’s “1941”; given the success of Spielberg’s previous two productions, “Jaws” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”, the comic war was initially considered a flop. A year later, Belushi appeared in the film “The Blues Brothers”, a musical comedy directed by John Landis, which grew into a cult film and is considered Belushi’s best work. In 1981, Belushi landed roles in “Neighbors” and “Continental Divide”, but neither of these was very successful.

During his acting career Belushi was known as a heavy drinker and drug user. Besides alcohol, Belushi also experimented with mescaline, LSD, amphetamines and especially cocaine. During the filming of “The Blues Brothers” a lot of shooting days were cancelled or were delayed because of Belushi’s behavior, thus Universal Pictures could not keep to the pre-budget. On the 5th March 1982, John Belushi was found dead in his hotel room at the Chateau Marmont hotel, from a speedball (a mixture of cocaine and heroin). The night before his death he had been visited by Robert De Niro and Robin Williams; when they left him, he was in the company of Cathy Smith, and two months later in an interview with the National Enquirer, Smith said that she had given him the fatal speedball. Smith was extradited from Canada and subsequently arrested for murder, which was afterwards reduced to manslaughter. Smith was jailed for 15 months.

Finally, in the personal life of the actor, he was married to his high school sweetheart Judy Jacklin from 1976 until his death.

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John Adam Belushi Quick Info

John Adam Belushi Trademarks

1. Often known for his expressive eyes and the solitary raised eyebrow
2. In his trademark comic rantings, he would include a long, detailed explanation of something he was trying to support or confirm, and then broke into a shouting “Buuuut nnnnnOOOOOO!”, continuing to rant into the negative.
3. Often played comically intense, volatile, even sometimes sloppy man-child characters.
4. On Saturday Night Live, he often did a running act on the Weekend Update section where he would give an editorial speech that starts calmly, but increases in emotional intensity until the end he is screaming and flailing around like a maniac.

John Adam Belushi Quotes

• I give so much pleasure to so many people. Why can I not get some pleasure for myself?
• Back in Chicago, all we cared about was rock ‘n’ roll and staying out of the army.
• Some comedians love their characters. I don’t fall in love with mine. In fact, I get tired of them very fast. You have to be willing to throw it all away.

John Adam Belushi Important Facts

• $40,000
• $750 /week (1975 season)
• Since Albania was under communism during his youth, Belushi often told people he was of Greek and Italian descent.
• Belushi’s nickname “America’s Guest” stemmed from his habit of wandering to a random house of a complete stranger, knocking on the door, going in, helping himself to something in the refrigerator and then sleeping on the stranger’s couch. Most strangers, recognizing who he was, did not seem to mind Belushi’s “visit”.
• Was good friends with Wrestling Legend Dusty Rhodes.
• John was the original choice to be Dan Aykroyd’s co-star in Spies Like Us (1985) (in the role that eventually went to Chevy Chase). Aykroyd and Belushi discussed the upcoming movie with Gene Shalit on Today (1952); the clip is included as a special feature on the “Best of John Belushi” DVD.
• He discovered the band Fear and brought them to Cherokee Studios to record songs for the soundtrack of a major motion picture, he and Dan Aykroyd were starring in, called Neighbors (1981).
• Had appeared with Michael O’Donoghue in “Wolverines”, the very first sketch on the first SNL show in 1975.
• Was very generous, financially, to family and friends, often loaning them money when they asked. Toward the end of his life, Belushi’s business manager asked him to contact several family and friends and generate money by demanding they make good on their loans. Belushi refused.
• The Polish rock group Lady Pank (who provided the music for the animated series O dwóch takich, co ukradli ksiezyc (1962)) wrote a song called “John Belushi”, which appears on the album “Tacy Sami”. The tune was composed by Jan Borysewicz and the lyrics were written by Zbigniew Holdys.
• Belushi died in bungalow #3 of the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles. The last two stars to see him alive were Robert De Niro and Robin Williams, both of whom had visited Belushi, on separate occasions, shortly before his death.
• While co-hosting an episode of Siskel & Ebert (1986) with Richard Roeper, longtime friend and collaborator Harold Ramis revealed that it was Belushi’s longtime ambition to play Ludwig van Beethoven in a feature film.
• Older brother of Jim Belushi. Uncle of Robert Belushi.
• Biography in: “The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives”. Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 61-62. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1998.
• His performance as John “Bluto” Blutarsky in Animal House (1978) is ranked #48 on Premiere magazine’s 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
• Attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. He bought his famous “College” shirt seen in Animal House (1978) at a small shirt shop on “The Strip” (Illinois Street or US Route 51) in Carbondale, which still exists.
• The epitaph on Belushi’s tombstone (on Martha’s Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts) read, “He made us laugh, and now he can make us think.” John’s grave drew so many curious viewers that his casket had to be moved and reburied in an unmarked corner of the cemetery… after which Belushi’s fans posted a new epitaph for him which has since become famous: “He could have given us a lot more laughs, but NOOOOOOO!” (This was taken from one of his more-famous catchphrases on Saturday Night Live (1975)).
• There is a John Belushi Memorial Scholarship for Performing Arts at his alma mater, College of DuPage (Glen Ellyn, Illinois).
• Chris Farley was an admirer of Belushi and, sadly, Farley too died in his early 30s just when his career appeared to be taking off.
• A scene was deleted from 1941 (1979) in which his character met Dan Aykroyd’s character right before he boarded the Japanese submarine. They looked at each other as if recognizing each other, a nod to their real life friendship. This was the only scene in the film where they interacted.
• His good friend Dan Aykroyd used to refer to the green ghost Slimer from Ghostbusters (1984) as “the ghost of John Belushi”, based on the similar party animal personality.
• Was billed as “Kevin Scott” on an episode of Saturday Night Live (1975), as a spoof on suggestions that his name Belushi be softened or changed, for the television audience (John’s Albanian family had kept the name when they came to America, so he wanted to also.).
• Had signed to play a supporting role in Once Upon a Time in America (1984), but died before the film went into production. He was replaced by James Woods.
• His favorite comedienne was Lucille Ball, he knew every detail of her life and career.
• Was scheduled to present the first annual Best Visual Effects Oscar at the 1982 Academy Awards with Dan Aykroyd, but died weeks before the ceremony. Aykroyd presented the award alone, and stated from the podium: “My partner would have loved to have been here tonight to present this award, since he was a bit of a Visual Effect himself.”.
• The role of Dr. Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters (1984) was originally written for Belushi. After his death, the role went to fellow SNL player Bill Murray.
• Was good friends with fellow Saturday Night Live (1975) player Dan Aykroyd. Belushi personally met with Aykroyd at a speakeasy that Aykroyd frequented to discuss the possibility of Aykroyd joining Saturday Night Live (1975), which is where they hit it off. While they were talking, Aykroyd put on a blues record, which stirred a fascination in Belushi, who was primarily a fan of heavy metal. SNL music director Howard Shore later heard about Aykroyd re-familiarizing Belushi with blues music and suggested that they do a musical sketch, which eventually led to the birth of their popular “Blues Brothers” act.
• Made a “Guest Star Appearance” on an episode of the television 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 Naked Gun movies in the early 1990s, 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.
• 4/1/04: Posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6355 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. The ceremony was attended by his brother Jim Belushi and friend and partner Dan Aykroyd. Also in attendance were John’s widow Judith Belushi-Pisano and fellow SNL cast member Chevy Chase.
• At the time of his untimely death, Belushi was rewriting a script entitled “Noble Rot”.
• A petition drive was started to have a commemorative stamp printed by the U.S. Postal Service for the actor.
• Biography in: “Who’s Who in Comedy” by Ronald L. Smith. pg. 38-40. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
• Began his career in Shawnee Summer Theatre of Greene County’s youth theatre education program, in Bloomfield, Indiana.
• Had starred alone in a black and white Saturday Night Live (1975) sketch titled “Don’t Look Back in Anger”, in which he played himself as an old man visiting the graves of the other original SNL cast members, himself being the last survivor. In an odd twist of fate, Belushi was the first of the cast to die.
• Used to borrow a $20 bill from new acquaintances, judging them from their reactions at his request.
• Following his untimely death, he was interred at Abel’s Hill Cemetery in Chilmark (on Martha’s Vineyard), Massachusetts. His grave is unmarked.
• Attended Wheaton Central High School, now Wheaton Warrenville South High School, in Wheaton, Illinois.
• Attended Edison Middle School in Wheaton, Illinois.
• Raised in Wheaton, Illinois as a child.

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