John Belushi (1949-1982)

John perfected many characters while on SNL, some of his best being Samurai Futaba, Steve Bushakis, a member of the Killer Bees, and a slew of impressions...my favorite being the "jazzy" Beethoven! But, John really shined when he was Jake Blues going crazy on stage with Dan Aykroyd as The Blues Brothers.

They're soul men!

Biography

Birthdate: January 24, 1949

Birthplace: Chicago, IL

Date of Death: March 5, 1982

Occupations: Actor, Musician, Comedian

Claim to Fame: 1975: One of the first regular cast members of NBC's Saturday Night Live

Significant Other(s): Wife: Judith Jacklin Belushi; married until Belushi's death; later married Victor Pisano in October 1990

Family:

Father: Adam Belushi, restaurant owner; came to America from Albania in 1934; offered to hand down ownership of both family restaurants to John, but he refused his father's offer

Mother: Agnes Belushi

Siblings: three total, all younger

Brother: James, actor

Factoids: Belushi died in 1982 from injecting a mix of cocaine and heroin

Education: University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, Wisconsin (1967-68)

College of Dupage (2-yr. junior college); AA-1990

Movies:

Saturday Night Live - The Best of Gilda Radner (1989)

Saturday Night Live - The Best of John Belushi (1985)

Continental Divide (1981)

Neighbors (1981)

The Blues Brothers (1980)

1941 (1979)

Old Boyfriends (1979)

The Best of the Blues Brothers (1979)

Goin' South (1978)

National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)

The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash (1978)

The Rutles (1978)

Com a Corda No PescoçO (1978)

Shame of the Jungle (1975)

Saturday Night Live - The Best of the Coneheads Best of Saturday Night Live: The 70s