EPISODE · Mar 4, 2022 · 18 MIN
Judith Belushi
from Now I've Heard Everything · host Bill Thompson
Tomorrow, March 5th, is the 40th anniversary of the untimely deaf of comedian. John Belushi. Belushi was one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live when it premiered in 1975, and he was the star movies like Animal House and The Blues Brothers. But John Belushi also had a substance abuse problem, and on March 5th, 1982, he died in a Los Angeles hotel room. A woman named Cathy Smith was accused of administering a fatal speedball to Belushi. And suddenly, at the age of 31, his high school sweetheart Judy was left a widow. A few years later, Judith Belushi wrote a memoir of her experience. And that's when I met her.
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Tomorrow, March 5th, is the 40th anniversary of the untimely deaf of comedian. John Belushi. Belushi was one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live when it premiered in 1975, and he was the star movies like Animal House and The Blues Brothers. But John Belushi also had a substance abuse problem, and on March 5th, 1982, he died in a Los Angeles hotel room. A woman named Cathy Smith was accused of administering a fatal speedball to Belushi. And suddenly, at the age of 31, his high school sweetheart Judy was left a widow. A few years later, Judith Belushi wrote a memoir of her experience. And that's when I met her.
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