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John Belushi Biography

John Belushi
New York Magazine's 10th Annivery Party
City Corp. Building
New York City, New York United States
May 16, 1978
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  • 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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