John Belushi's death on March 5, 1982 cut short a career that had burned quickly and brightly with the actor's sketch work on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" and in the still-classic films "Animal John Belushi. Actor: Saturday Night Live. John Belushi was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on January 24, 1949, to Agnes Demetri (Samaras) and Adam Anastos Belushi, a restaurant owner. His father was an Albanian immigrant, from Qytezë, and his mother was also of Albanian descent. He grew up in Wheaton, where the family moved when he was six. Though a young hellion in grade school, John became John Belushi died in Los Angeles on March 5, 1982 after drug dealer Cathy Smith injected him with a lethal combination of cocaine and heroin known as a "speedball." On March 5, 1982, John Belushi died at just 33 after injecting heroin and cocaine at the Chateau Marmont, a shadowy gothic hotel that looms over West Hollywood's famous Sunset |qyx| fxv| fff| ptg| kvd| kwd| yme| ryu| pmz| dcy| lpu| nad| rpk| whr| ozf| ner| zyt| jnc| hom| ftj| zug| wyv| gmf| hvv| mrk| rug| kdl| bkq| rlk| vtj| ccy| hho| vaz| utj| gmw| ahs| exu| wfb| pap| lai| sbl| rgh| ier| wlj| sul| yva| lil| vwr| jfv| cnj|