On March 4, 1982, John Belushi, Smith, and former SNL writer Nelson Lyon spent the evening partying together. The trio ingested massive quantities of liquor and snorted even larger quantities of cocaine. They stumbled all over West Hollywood looking for the next party and ended up at the secret nightclub above The Roxy called On The Rox. From there, they walked next door to The Rainbow Room and ate. Belushi had a bowl of lentil soup. He began to feel nauseous and asked Smith to take him back to his room at the Chateau Marmont.
According to Smith, Belushi asked her to shoot him up with a needle full of drugs several times that night. Belushi, who was deathly afraid of needles, seemed to like the high, she claimed. While the couple sat around in a dazed state, two famous persons stopped by to see them. Comedian Robin Williams popped in and snorted a few lines of coke, but was creeped out by Smith. He thought she was a little too crusty for Belushi and wondered what he was doing with this lowlife. Williams bolted and told Belushi, "If you ever get up again, call." Sometime after 3:00 AM, actor Robert DeNiro knocked on Belushi's door. He had been playing tag with Belushi all night. The scene inside the room was not pretty, so DeNiro decided to not stick around.
The next morning, John Belushi's personal trainer, Bill "Superfoot" Wallace, attempted to check on his friend. When he received no answer on the telephone, he went over to Belushi's bungalow. Inside, he found his friend in the fetal position on the bed, sheets twisted, and a pillow over his head. When Wallace threw the pillow aside, he saw Belushi's tongue sticking out of his mouth and a horrid discoloration of his body on one side where all of his blood had settled. Wallace attempted to resuscitate Belushi but to no avail. Belushi was dead.
Three nights before he died he was on LaCienega Blvd. near Wilshire., just bordering Beverly Hills. He was with a cab driver who gave an interview. It was late at night. They were sitting at a counter at a sandwich shop, and there was a newspaper there. They both were looking at it, and he asked Belushi, "Which part do you want, 'Sports,' 'Entertainment," or 'El Salvador'" And Belushi said: "I want El Salvador." He went on to say that he hated what he read in the news, that he hated Hollywood, that they're a "bunch of pricks. I want to get back to New York City." And he said that he wanted to stay there.
They went to Belushi's car, where he had a lot of cocaine in the glove compartment. But the driver said Belushi was unhappy, fearful of his environment, that he wanted to get back [to New York]. I think that about describes it. There was another article published about him, that he didn't want to stay in Hollywood. The last night before he died, Belushi said: "I'm going home to Judy tomorrow" – that's his wife in New York – "I want to get out of here."
Penny Marshall and Rob Reiner cultivated a false image of Belushi's off screen persona as a drunk and drugged up slob.
The papers reported that John Belushi died alone in bed, nude, in a fetal position. Lieutenant Dan Cook of the LAPD said, "it appears to be natural causes. There were dark blotches on his arms caused when blood starts to settle, and not by needles." That was the first report. Then the police said it appeared he choked on his tongue.
John Belushi died on Friday. On Saturday there were more articles about food, choking, natural causes. Heart attack was a possibility. No sign of drug usage. The hotel clerk said his heart evidently failed him. The room was neat, the actor in bed, his clothes neatly folded as though he had gone to sleep for the night. There was nothing out of order, "no reason to suspect foul play."
He was in good health the night before, according to witnesses.
By Sunday, Los Angeles coroner Thomas Naguchi - the controversial Naguchi who was fired after this case – was telling reporters, "the cause of death has not yet been determined. Discounting his lifestyle, he seems to have choked on food." – that was the San Francisco Examiner (March 7). He was at the Roxy nightclub the night before he died, and the owner of the club said that he hadn't taken any drugs.
The hyperbole around the 'official story' was a joke. Belushi's character was dragged through the mud and Williams and DeNiro were elusive and gave misleading statements multiple times during the investigation. They basically provided alibis for each other. Why did DeNiro track down Belushi at 3am and then suddenly leave after only 30 minutes? Some reports had DeNiro at the Roxy earlier at the same time as Belushi. Williams did the same thing, closer to 2am. Did DeNiro help drug Belushi at the Roxy and then sent Williams to check on him? Belushi had fresh needle marks but no signs of any other not so recent needle use.
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20266253? ago
well that was boring... a rich HW actor who apparently wants out of hollywood (but doesn't just leave??) dies after a night a debaucherous partying.
I guess OP is insinuating that maybe he was killed for seeing too much or something?? Either way, old as fuck story and not that interesting at all
20264285? ago
Hollywood has been deep state since it’s inception in the early 20th century. Abusing and manipulating children, women, and men. Eventually you hear that after a time the actors suffer from some sort of depression or personality disorder, probably both linked to the abuse.
Since barbiturates were the drug of choice in controlling more of them until the 70s, it wouldn’t be surprising that they moved to cocaine, which led to addiction. Now the current one is Ritalin.
20263504? ago
Rainbow Room is in NYC. He ate at the Rainbow bar and grill.
20263661? ago
No. Anyone that knows HWood, knows the Rainbow and Roxy. On Sunset, close to Whiskey a Go Go. and the Laugh Factory.
Also, everyone in Hwood knows Belushi died of speedballs, heroin and coke, injected into the vien. The H brings you down and the C peps you up so you don't sleep. Either Williams or DeNero provided the Coke that killed him. Way stronger H than Belushi was used to...meaning the person prepping the hit would have used the same amount as before, but here's Williams or DeNiro giving them new H or C that is much much stronger. Boom, he was dead in minutes. A planned hit.
20263748? ago
Fuck you. I live in LA. He ate at the Rainbow B+G. The Rainbow ROOM is LITERALLY IN THE SAME BUILDING AS THE ONE THEY’VE ALWAYS SHOT SNL IN. You got this info from some fucking wrong-ass website and you obviously don’t know shit about shit, so why are you doing this, shill? Get the fuck out.
20264278? ago
Perhaps my use of Room was invalid. http://www.rainbowbarandgrill.com/
Yes I know the rainbow. Sorry if I called it room. Forgive me.
20264459? ago
You know what? I was about to come in hot again for calling me an asshole, but you admitted you were wrong, and even anonymously, that’s a hard thing to do. This place needs more of that. Good on you, Anon. Friendship wins, all is forgiven. Crisis averted.
20264861? ago
It was an honest mistake. Glad you took it that way.
And I'll take back the asshole too. Sorry. In my role, I should act more responsible.
Hard human habits are hard to break.
20263823? ago
Sir. You are a shareblue troll sent here to make money. Either that or an AI bot creating problems. Eitherway, you are an asshole.
In 90 Minutes I could be sitting in Top of the Rox having a beverage. I grew up there. Perhaps you breathe too much, please cut back to two or three breaths per day.
20264072? ago
I’m not even debating the other points in the article—just the one FACT you got wrong and are still lying about. Go outside and take a photo of the “Rainbow Room”. You can’t because IT IS NOT THERE. Or you could, you know, do some fucking research.
20264239? ago
http://www.rainbowbarandgrill.com/
Been there since I can remember.
20264103? ago
Thanks for calling me sir, though, pussy.
20263940? ago
over the target on this post, eh anon?
it's freaking out Shareblue lol
20263434? ago
Not Q related.
Hollywood actor, strike one. Druggie, strike two. DeNiro as a friend (likely pedo), strike three. Good riddance.
20263913? ago
Robin Williams >>
Robert DeNiro >>
You seem to be a fucking idiot if you think this is not Q related. How many accounts do you have?
20263966? ago
Do you like Belushi?
20282211? ago
did he like raw fish or their eggs?
"Beluga" + "sushi"
20263994? ago
do you like shilling for Shareblue?
20263688? ago
Come on. I could easily tie this to Q.