He was one of the most promising talents in comedy: What was he really came to John Belu, the hero of the Blues Brothers?

It was a star but a shooting star. Today he was quite forgotten because he had only a seven -year -old career on the screen, John Belu was one of the most promising comics of his generation, but his demons would cost him only in 33 years. What exactly happened with this actor that everyone promised a great future?

TV star, but at what price?

He could have been popular with Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Chevy Chase or Bill Moore, but John Belush is less well known today except for the Blues Brothers and in 1941 by Steven Spielberg. First of all, Belushi became known thanks to the Saturday Night Live program, in which he appeared during the first four seasons, from 1975 to 1979.

From the 1976 birth, as confirmed by Candice Bergen, who came to the show for the third time and quoted Wired: John Belush’s short life and fast timeDrugs, and especially cocaine, spin behind the show behind the scenes and produce a talent that is not yet present on the screen.

Belush is already one of the most excessive in this area, consuming cocaine daily, marijuana 4 to 5 days a week and regularly, taking medication for sleep, acids and amphetamines. Her doctor asks her to brake, otherwise she will endanger her health. Belush’s Answer: “I give so many people so much fun. Why can’t I have a little fun? Why should I stop?”

Belush, a lifestyle rebuilding

SNL allows Belush to start appearing in the cinema, primarily on the way to the west (Jack Nicholson’s director), but especially the American College (1977), in which he greatly appreciates the role of his character without control and almost dialogue.

After 1941, the comedy of war, which brought much to the audience, director Grand Steven Spielberg (1979), brings Belush to his best friend Dan Aicroid with the musical The Blues Brothers (1980), director John Landis. Rock and its “destruction” are the love of the “destruction”, Belushi loves to make a movie, but on the squads, the dealers are everywhere and the drugs are circulated. Actor, by full origin, will come in accordance with the job Layer John Land’s blow, who has just thrown his camera in the toilet, a gesture that the director denies.

Belush has become increasingly sinking in brutal consumption and eventually adds to the list of heroine. His attitudes avoids the teams because, as they say, he is uncontrollable that can disappear in the middle of the night shoots, without one address. After a romantic comedy, Michael estimated two funny birds with whom he behaved with Bler Brown and his neighbors, a black comedy in which he found Dan Aicrooid, he really failed in early 1982 and could no longer get out of his state.

His self -development is fatal because he dies with “Speedball” (mixture of heroin and cocaine) for the party for chateau marmont for Los Angeles. He was 33 years old.