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John Adam Belushi was an American comedian, actor and musician. Belushi is best known for his "intense energy and raucous attitude" which he displayed as one of the seven original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live . Throughout his career, Belushi had a close personal and artistic partnership with his fellow SNL star Dan Aykroyd, whom he met while they were both working at Chicago's The Second City comedy club.

On March 5, 1982, Belushi was found dead in his hotel room at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, having been injected with a "speedball", a mixture of heroin and cocaine. He was posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004.

✵ 24. January 1949 – 5. March 1982
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Famous John Belushi Quotes

“I just love cocaine.”

John Belushi

Quoted in: Bill Crawford . Adam Sandler: America's Comedian. 2015. p. 76

“I give so much pleasure to so many people. Why can I not get some pleasure for myself?”

John Belushi

Quoted in: Robert Andrews (2003), The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations. p. 144

“It's all false pressure; you put the heat on yourself, you get it from the networks and record companies and movie studios. You put more pressure on yourself to make everything that much harder. You say, 'Well, I'll get all screwed up and then it'll be a real challenge again.' So stupid—I've often wondered why people do these things. You're so much happier if you don't, but I guess happiness is not a state you want to be in all the time.”

John Belushi

Source: Bob Woodward. Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi. p. 209 ; Form interview in Cosmopolitan, December 1981, according to: Robert Andrews (2003), The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations. p. 144

“I owe it all to little chocolate donuts.”

John Belushi

Quoted in: " John Belushi honoured 30 years after death http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/comedy/9123312/John-Belushi-honoured-30-years-after-death.html," The Telegraph at www.telegraph.co.uk, 5 March 2012

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