The Night John Belushi Died (De Niro and drugs)

Hollywood Reporter ^ | April 25, 2019 | Shawn Levy

[dfwgator]

John Belushi: Yeah.. they all thought I’d be the first one to go. I was one of those “Live Fast, Die Young, Leave A Good-Looking Corpse” types, you know? But I guess they were wrong. [ points his cane to the tombstone ] There they are – all my friends. This is the Not Ready For Prime Time Cemetary. Come on up.

[ John struggles up the snow-covered hill ]
Well.. here’s Gilda Radner. Ah.. she had her own show on Canadian television for years and years. “The Gilda Radner Show”. [ moment of silence ] Well, at least now I can see her on reruns. She was cute as a button, God bless her.

Here’s where Laraine is. They say she murdered her D.J. husband.. then moved to the valley in California and had a pecan farm. [ holds his fingers two inches apart ] She was this big when she died.

Jane Curtin. She married a stockbroker, had two children, moved to upstate New York. She died.. from complications during cosmetic surgery.

This is Garrett Morris. Now, Garrett.. Garrett left the show, and thenworked in the Black Theater for years. Then he died of an overdose ofheroin.

Here’s Bill Murray. He lived the longest – 38 years. Ah.. he was happy when he died, though – he’d just grown his moustache back. It’s probably still growing.

Over here is Chevy Chase. He died right after his first movie with Goldie Hawn.

Over here is Danny Aykroyd. I guess he loved his Harley too much. They clocked him at 175 miles an hour before the crash. It was a blur. I had to be called in to identify his body. I recognized him by his webbed toes.

[ drops flowers on Aykroyd’s grave ]
The “Saturday Night” show was the best experience of my life. And now,they’re all gone. And I miss every one of them. Why me? Why did I live so long? They’re all dead. [ reflective ] I’ll tell you why.. Because I’m a dancer!

[willk]

Robin Williams killed himself because of dementia.

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

I thought Jane Curtain had passed also!!!

[IronJack]

I’ve partied with both of his brothers, Johnnie and Rick. Rick’s dead too — drank himself to death. Johnnie’s still around in the Twin Cities.

I always liked “Teaser” better, but they were all good.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Nope, and she works pretty steadily, too. She turned up in Can You Ever Forgive Me last year.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Those two love the notoriety so they don’t make any efforts to play that reputation down.

My understanding is that Keith Richards feels very fortunate that he's the guy who gets to be Keith Richards.

[dfwgator]

“Keith Richards says, you shouldn’t do drugs. Keith, we can do any drugs, because you already did them all - there’s none left. We have to wait until you die so we can smoke your ashes.” - Dennis Leary

[woodbutcher1963]

I am sure 20+ years of cocaine intake had nothing to do with his eventual mental state.

[Albion Wilde]

Belushi was a good guy. DeNiro is a little bitch

I might also add that Belushi was educated; DeNiro was a dropout.

[dfwgator]

Richards must have super human DNA to survive what he has done to his body.

Compared to Ginger Baker, Keith Richards is a choirboy.

[Albion Wilde]

Keith Richards(mostly dead)

Keith Richards gave up hard drugs 30 years ago and has tapered off most other drugs ever since, and recently gave up alcohol as well. Since he tidied up he has quietly been the clean and sober guy clucking behind the band’s crew to keep them from going down the drug drain. He is now 75, an age when even many healthy-living men die, and has sustained his marriage to a younger woman since 1983, so despite appearances, your characterization of Keith is unfair and inaccurate.

[Albion Wilde]

There was an SNL short video that they aired during what was usually a live show, during the time when Belushi was on the show. He had a reputation even then as a hard partier; but in this short film, he was dressed and made up as an old man with gray hair, an overcoat and winter hat. He was walking, and eventually dancing, in a snowy cemetery. The implication was that he would outlive all his cast mates on SNL. It is poignant to remember that long-ago skit.

[morphing libertarian]

yes very poignant

[Albion Wilde]

Verne Troyer (Austin Powers Mini-me)
Tom Petty
Prince
Cory Monteith (Glee)
Peaches Geldof
Billy Mays (pitchman for Kaboom! etc)
Anna Nicole Smith
Dee Dee Ramone
John Entwistle (The Who)
John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)
Abbie Hoffman (60s anarchist)
Steve Clark (Def Leppard)
Sid Vicious
Ike Turner (Tina’s ex)
Lisa Robin Kelly (That 70s Show)
Margaux Hemingway (actress; Ernest’s granddaughter)
Bruce Lee
Judy Garland
Brian Epstein (Beatles manager)
Marilyn Monroe
Sigmund Freud

[Sir_Ed]

Tim Hardin.

[Sir_Ed]

Pigpen.

[V_TWIN]

Yes I am aware of that. See my post #32. Sadly I fear that if it would not have been an auto accident I suspect Kinison would have left us the way so many others listed on this thread did. It has been my studied opinion and observation that many times, living a hard life can mean dying a hard death.

[woodbutcher1963]

Dude, lighten up!

I was joking.

[woodbutcher1963]

Ginger Baker, I have seen the documentary. Holy Cr#p
I think it was called beware of Mr Baker.

[SaveFerris]

[That sordid spectacle didn’t stop De Niro, who was using cocaine himself in those days,]

Now it all makes sense. De Niro was a cokehead. Like Jeb Bush.