John Belushi
John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an Albanian-American comedian, actor and musician, notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National Lampoon’s Animal House and The Blues Brothers. He was the older brother of James Belushi.
Belushi’s first big break as a comedian occurred in 1971, when he joined The Second City comedy troupe in Chicago, Illinois. Thanks to his uncanny caricature of singer Joe Cocker’s intense and jerky stage presence, he was cast
in National Lampoon’s Lemmings, a parody of Woodstock, which played Off-Broadway in 1972 (and which also showcased future Saturday Night Live performers Chevy Chase and Christopher Guest).
From 1973 to 1975, National Lampoon Inc. aired The National Lampoon Radio Hour, a 
half-hour comedy program syndicated across the country on approximately 600 stations. When original director Michael O’Donoghue quit in 1974, Belushi took over the reins until the show was canceled. Other players on the show included future SNL regulars Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Brian Doyle-Murray and Chevy Chase. Belushi married Judy Jacklin (Judy Pisano), an associate producer of The Radio Hour. A number of comic segments first performed on The Radio Hour would be translated into SNL sketches in the show’s early seasons.
The “College” sweatshirt Belushi wore in National Lampoon’s Animal House was purchased in Carbondale, Illinois, when his brother, Jim, was a student at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
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