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For Jim Belushi, the reminiscence of his late brother, John Belushi, continues to be alive and nicely — in his desires.
The Music Sung Blue actor stated that greater than 4 many years after his brother — who was famously half of the Blues Brothers duo and an unique Saturday Evening Dwell solid member — died, he nonetheless will get “little visits” from him.
“I’ve desires occasionally the place he and I are appearing at Second Metropolis,” he told Variety recently, referring to the long-lasting comedy theater in Chicago.
He continued, “We have been on stage collectively, and he was so humorous that I cracked up, consuming the scene in entrance of all people. I acquired so mad at him, as a result of that’s the worst factor you are able to do, is break character, proper? However he was simply so humorous, and he goes, ‘Ah, come on, child!’ He was candy to me. So, I nonetheless get little visits.”
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On March 5, 1982, John was discovered useless on the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles of an obvious drug overdose. He was 33.
Jim has talked in regards to the reminiscence of his brother quite a few occasions over time, however he's not the one one who not too long ago reminisced on the late comic.
In an interview for the Joe Rogan Experience podcast in March, Invoice Murray gushed about his pal, who recruited him to hitch The Nationwide Lampoon Radio Hour in 1974, and two years later would be part of Belushi on SNL.
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"Belushi made folks's careers doable — mine can be one in every of them," Murray instructed Rogan. "He went to New York first. He broke into New York, he took over New York, and he dragged all of us from Second Metropolis to New York… He did a whole lot of issues for folks. There's lots of people that slept on John Belushi's sofa. There's lots of people that stayed totally free at his home till they made it in New York. And I'm one."
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Murray added, "He died in an unlucky method, however man, he was nonetheless the most effective stage actor I ever noticed. He was completely magnetic. You couldn't take your eyes off him.
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