Overview
- Belushi shared the recollection in a new Variety interview, which was published Dec. 11 and widely picked up by People and Entertainment Weekly.
- He said the dreams place them back on a Second City stage, where John is so funny he makes him crack up as John teases, “Ah, come on, kid!”
- John Belushi rose to fame as an original Saturday Night Live cast member and as half of the Blues Brothers with Dan Aykroyd.
- He died on March 5, 1982, at age 33 at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles of an apparent drug overdose.
- Recent tributes have resurfaced, including Bill Murray’s March remarks crediting John with launching careers and calling him the best stage actor he ever saw.