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John Belushi

America's Guest

Victim(s)

John Belushi (33M)

Perpetrator(s)

Catherine Evelyn (aka Cathy Smith)

Case Status

Closed Case

Case Years

March 5, 1982

Location(s)

Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, California, United States of America

On March 5, 1982, comedian and actor John Belushi, only 33 years old and already a defining force in film and television, was found dead in his bungalow at the Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. The investigation revealed that a Canadian woman named Catherine “Cathy” Smith had been with him that night and was the one who supplied and injected the drugs that caused his fatal overdose.

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