John Adam Belushi

 John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982)

Belushi was known for his "intense energy and raucous attitude" which he displayed as one of the original cast members of the NBC show Saturday Night Live, in his role in the 1978 film Animal House. and recordings and performances as one of The Blues Brothers. During his career he had a close personal and artistic partnership with fellow SNL actor and writer Dan Aykroyd whom he met while they were both working at Chicago's Second City comedy club. On March 5, 1982, after showing up at his hotel for a scheduled workout, his trainer, Bill Wallace found Belushi dead in his room, Bungalow 3 at the Chateau Marmont Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. He was 33 years old. The cause of death was combined drug intoxication involving cocaine and heroin, a drug combination also known as a speedball. In the early morning hours on the day of his death, he was visited separately by friends Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, each of whom left the premises, leaving Belushi in the company of assorted others, including Catherine Evelyn Smith. Smith, who admitted in an interview with the National Enquirer that she had been with Belushi the night of his death and had given him the fatal speedball shot, later served time in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in relation to Belushi's death.

His death was investigated by forensic pathologist Michael Baden, among others, and, while the findings were disputed, it was officially ruled a drug-related accident. He has been interred twice at Abel's Hill Cemetery in Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. A marker with skull and bones marks his original grave, while he is now buried nearby in an unmarked one.