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After Working With John Belushi, Lorne Michaels Used To 'Ban' Chris Farley From SNL Amidst Drug Addiction: 'Obviously, It Didn't Do It For Him'
But the ending was painfully familiar. On December 18, 1997, just two months after hosting SNL, Chris Farley died of an ...
'SNL' Boss Lorne Michaels Used To "Ban" Chris Farley "For Weeks At A Time" As Farley Struggled With Drug Addiction
Saturday Night Live boss Lorne Michaels reportedly took a “tough love” approach to helping Chris Farley overcome his substance abuse before the comedy legend tragically passed away in 1997.
John Belushi's Death Meant He Couldn't Be A Ghostbuster, But They Still Worked A Tribute To Him Into The Movie
The role that Murray played, Peter Venkman, was first written with John Belushi in mind. Sadly, Belushi’s death in 1982 meant that he couldn’t be a member of the team. They still found a way to pay ...
Lorne Michaels would ban Chris Farley from “SNL” for 'weeks at a time' to try to get him off drugs
Biographer Susan Morrison revealed that the "Saturday Night Live" boss changed his approach to the cast's drinking and drug ...
Meet the the LA coroner who shot to stardom after inventing the ‘celebrity death’
The man dubbed by the press as “coroner to the stars” would go on to perform autopsies on famous names like Natalie Wood, John Belushi and Sharon Tate.
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John Mulaney Recalls How Lorne Michaels Invoked the Late John Belushi to Encourage His Sobriety
"He goes, 'I knew John Belushi for seven years. I've been talking about him for 48 years, because that's the shrapnel that happens when someone goes down like that,'" Mulaney recalled of Michaels ...
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On This Day in 1978, The Blues Brothers Made Their Debut on ‘Saturday Night Live’
Forty-seven years ago today, Dan Akroyd and John Belushi took the stage as the Blues Brothers for the first time.
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Eddie Murphy Says He Declined to Do Cocaine with Robin Williams and John Belushi in the 1980s
Robin Marchant/Getty; Kevin Mazur/Getty; Ron Galella Collection via Getty Eddie Murphy says Robin Williams and John Belushi played a critical role in convincing him to stay away from drugs.
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“His Materials and His Letters Were Just Sitting in Boxes in the Basement of Her House”: R.J. Cutler on Belushi at DOC NYC
From the mid to late 70s John Belushi was a multimedia meteor, seemingly destined to be an inescapable part of the zeitgeist for years to come. The outsized and ubiquitous talent — original cast ...