The legendary comedian, one of the original "Saturday Night Live" cast members and star of "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers," Belushi is buried on Martha's Vineyard, having fallen in love with the island during his life.
After fans repeatedly littered the area around Belushi's grave, funeral workers at the Martha's Vineyard, Mass., cemetery where he's buried moved Belushi's body at his wife's request to an unmarked plot some distance away from the tombstone.
You'll see the small cemetery on the left. Turn left into the unmarked entrance. Once you do, just ahead, on the left, you'll see a small area under some trees and enclosed by a split rail fence. Belushi's grave is there.
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John Belushi's Unseemly Death and Empty Grave Location
What movie stars live on Martha's Vineyard?
Famous people that call Martha's Vineyard home include Michael J. Fox, Spike Lee, Diane Sawyer and Barak and Michelle Obama, and hundreds more A-listers that visit the island each year.
Many high-profile people have purchased property on Martha's Vineyard, including former first lady Jackie Kennedy, journalist Mike Wallace, television host David Letterman, journalist Diane Sawyer, former chief executive of Colony Capital Richard Saltzman, and film director Spike Lee.
“He would have been king in those places. Whenever I walk in and see his picture there, they have the Blues Brothers up at the bar, I get wistful because, boy, he would have loved walking around these palaces.” John's brother, actor Jim, is now Aykroyd's partner in the Blues Brothers.
Everyone left except for Belushi and Smith. Smith later reported that, alarmed by the sound of his breathing, she woke Belushi up at about 9:30 AM and asked if he was okay. “Just don't leave me alone,” he replied.
And, during a trip to Toronto in 1974, to check out the local Second City cast, Belushi met Dan Aykroyd. Jacklin became an associate producer for the show, and she and Belushi were married on December 31, 1976. "The National Lampoon Show" toured the country in 1974; it was produced by Ivan Reitman.
Catherine Evelyn Smith (April 25, 1947 – August 16, 2020) was a Canadian occasional backup singer, rock groupie, drug dealer, and legal secretary. Smith served 15 months in the California state prison system for injecting actor John Belushi with a fatal dose of heroin and cocaine in 1982.
But in a scene eerily reminiscent of the one that has played out for decades at the grave of Jim Morrison in Paris, fans of Belushi soon descended on his gravesite defacing his tombstone and others nearby. Ultimately, Belushi's wife ordered his remains moved to an undisclosed and unmarked location in the same cemetery.
On John Belushi's famous impression of him: "I always found it quite amusing. On sharing the stage and a song ("Feelin' Alright") with Dave Mason: "Whenever I see him, I tell him, 'I've helped make you a few bucks over the years off that one, haven't I?'
In it, "Howard Shore and his All-Bee Band" play the Slim Harpo song "I'm a King Bee", with Belushi singing and Aykroyd playing harmonica, dressed in the bee costumes they wore for "The Killer Bees" sketches.
Samurai Widow (1990, Carroll & Graf) is a memoir by Judith Jacklin Belushi, the wife of comedian John Belushi. Belushi wrote Samurai Widow in response to the negative portrayal of John in the 1984 Bob Woodward book, Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi and its subsequent film adaptation in 1989.
In 1975, Aykroyd joined the founding cast of “Saturday Night,” later renamed “Saturday Night Live.” He became best friends with John Belushi, a fellow comedian and musician from suburban Chicago.
How did Dan Aykroyd react to John Belushi's death?
Dan Aykroyd pays tribute to his dear friend and "Blues Brothers" co-star, John Belushi, reminiscing about their shared journey. Aykroyd shares that he believes John would have found his calling directing Broadway plays had he still been with us.
People who knew Belushi in the early years describe a warm and deeply loyal man, one who always tried to get jobs for his friends and was so gentle that if his cat fell asleep on his lap he would be late for rehearsals rather than wake up his pet.
The only problem is Gaga doesn't own the place. After attaining the property's address, a review of Edgartown property records revealed that a Mr. Nicholas Burgin, not Stefani Germanotta, is the legal owner of the property, having purchased it for $4.08 million from Martin L. and Donna Ritter on July 15, 2009.
The 6,892-square-foot house sits on nearly 30 secluded acres fronting the Edgartown Great Pond between Slough Cove and Turkeyland Cove, both frequented by politicians and celebrities alike (meaning the Obama's are in good company).
