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Coroner technician arrives at the Chateau Marmont Hotel where Comedian John Belushi was found dead, March 5, 1982 in Hollywood section of Los... John Belushi Found Dead at Chateau Marmont Hotel 1982 The body of Comedian John Belushi is transported by Los Angeles County Medical Examiner Officers from the Chateau Marmont Hotel, March 5, 1982 in...
Feb 21, 2023 · Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. By Jean Mendoza / Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 10:00 am EST. On March 5, 1982, actor and comedian John Belushi was found dead in his rented bungalow at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. He was just 33 years old.
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- Belushi Was Trying to Revive His Movie Career
- 'The Blues Brothers' Had A Budget Allocated For Cocaine
- Belushi Struggled with Depression and Bounced Around The L.A. Party Scene
- Belushi's Trainer Discovered His Lifeless Body
- Belushi's Official Cause of Death Was 'Acute Cocaine and Heroin Intoxication'
Struggling to get his movie career back on track following lackluster critical and box office reception to recent roles in Continental Divide and Neighbors, Belushi had ensconced himself in bungalow number three in order to work on the script for, and take meetings about Noble Rot, a romantic comedy set in the early years of the California wine ind...
His all-or-nothing approach to comedy was mirrored in his appetites off the stage, whether for drugs, food or alcohol. His heavy drug use was already apparent during the filming of The Blues Brothers. “We had a budget in the movie for cocaine for night shoots,” co-star Dan Aykroyd told Vanity Fairin 2012. “Everyone did it, including me. Never to ex...
Belushi spent the majority of his final week in and around the Sunset Strip, hopscotching from one party scene to the next, be it the Roxy nightclub, Rainbow Bar and Grill and the restaurant Dan Tana’s on Santa Monica Boulevard, to name a few. His Chateau Marmont bungalow became a stop on the circuit after the clubs closed at 2 am, including visits...
It was around noon when Bill Wallace, Belushi’s physical trainer and sometimes bodyguard arrived at the bungalow to drop off a typewriter and tape recorder Belushi had requested. Letting himself in with his key, Wallace found the star in bed and not breathing. After repeatedly administering CPR to no effect, Wallace called Brillstein who had his se...
The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office would eventually attribute Belushi’s death to “acute cocaine and heroin intoxication.” According to the examining pathologist, there were enough drugs in his body to kill even a healthy man, which Belushi was not. The autopsy report also listed abnormalities that included pulmonary congestion with distended l...
Apr 30, 2023 · Bettmann/Getty Images John Belushi’s body is taken the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood to the coroner’s office after his death. How Did John Belushi Die? On February 28, 1982, Belushi checked into Bungalow 3 at the Chateau Marmont, a luxury hotel overlooking the Sunset Strip.
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Apr 25, 2019 · By Shawn Levy. April 25, 2019. When he checked in at the front desk on the night of Feb. 28, 1982, John Belushi was a time bomb, a waste site, a mess. Sweaty, flabby, edgy, pale, disheveled,...
Mar 5, 2022 · On the evening of March 4, 1982, Belushi was injected with a “speedball,” a combined cocaine-heroin cocktail, by an acquaintance and longtime drug- and music-scene figure named Cathy Smith, who...
