John Belushi Biography
John Belushi was born in Illinois to father Adam Belushi and mother Agnes Butchner. His hometown is Wheaton, Illinois where he played football at Wheaton Central High School. After his high school years, he attended the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and the College of DuPage in the outskirts of Chicago. He had one brother named James who would go on to be a comedian. While in high school, John met a girl named Judy who he would go on to marry and stay married until he died.
In 1971, Belushi joined the cast of the The Second City which gave him the chance to show his comedic talent. After this he was asked to join in a stage performance called National Lampoon&rsquos Lemmings. Many other future Saturday Night Live cast members would find be there including Gilda Radner, Bill Murray and Chevy Chase.
After this in 1973, Belushi took over the director spot for a radio program called The Radio Hour which was eventually canceled. He would also marry his high school sweet heart, Judy Jacklin. In 1975 he joined the cast of Saturday Night Live and during that time he starred as &ldquoBluto&rdquo in Animal House (1978). During this remarkable time for a short while he dad the number one movie in the United Stated (Animal House, the number one music album (The Blues Brothers &ldquoBriefcase Full Of Blues&rdquo) and Saturday Night Live was the late night show with the highest-ratings.
In 1979 he departed from Saturday Night Live to focus on his film career. He made to two movies with SNL friend Dan Akroyd including Neighbors (1981) and The Blues Brothers (1980). After Belushi died, several future projects he was working on were stopped.
On March 5th, 1982, Belushi was found from usage of cocaine and heroin. The night he died he was accompanied by Cathy Smith who was later arrested on murder charges from giving Belushi a speedball shot.
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