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John Belushi
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John Belushi Biography
Birth Name:
John Adam Belushi
Birth Place:
Chicago, IL
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
01/24/1949, Aquarius
Date of Death:
03/05/1982
Profession:
Actor; comedian; writer
John Belushi Fast Facts:
Met wife Judy Jacklin at a Little League baseball game when they were teenagers. Their first dinner date was at one of his father's restaurants.
Attended the same high school as the Washington Post's Bob Woodward. They both won eighth-grade medals for citizenship and played on the football team. (Woodward later wrote the grim Belushi biography
Wired
.)
Was inspired to take up acting and comedy after listening to Bob Newhart comedy records in high school.
Joined Chicago's Second City improv troupe in 1971.
Based his role as a newspaper columnist in
Continental Divide
(1981) on Mike Royko, who was a friend of his father's.
At his funeral in Martha's Vineyard, James Taylor sang "That Lonesome Road."
John Belushi Relationships:
Adam Belushi - Father
Agnes Belushi - Mother
Jim Belushi - Brother
Judith Belushi-Pisano - Wife
Marian Belushi-Miles - Sister
William Belushi - Brother
John Belushi Awards:
1979 Emmy: Outstanding Comedy - Variety or Music Program - Nominee
1977 Emmy: Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music - Nominee
1977 Emmy: Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series - Winner
1978 Emmy: Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music - Nominee
College:
Attended University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, Whitewater, WI; attended College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
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