‘SNL’ alum Jane Curtin: John Belushi’s drug addiction caused me ‘problems’

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died at the age of 33 in March 1982 at the infamous Chateau Marmont.“I got along with everyone,” Curtin told People in a new interview.“But I did have problems with John,” the funny woman added. “But that was because John wasn’t John.

He was an addict.”Belushi’s drug problem plagued his short life and career and he died via an overdose from a speedball mix of heroin and cocaine.Original “SNL” cast member Chevy Chase revealed last year that the “Blues Brothers” star’s addiction was so severe that he stole his batch of cocaine.“Back then, the big drug was cocaine,” the “Community” actor, 79, said on the “Club Random With Bill Maher” at the time.“Obviously John turned out to be a cokehead but I had a little jar of cocaine with a little spoon that hung from it.

Anyway, I had it on the piano of the stage,” Chase went on.He then continued to recall the story of how Belushi found the stash.“So I’m just playing the piano, the crowd isn’t in yet, and it’s just sitting,” Chase said. “After I played just a little bit, it’s gone.

I had no idea how. Obviously I was looking at my hands at the moment that John swooped in and took it.” “So I immediately said, ‘Belushi, did you take my coke?'” he asked, to which Belsuhi replied to him: “No, what are you talking about?”One month later, Chase was invited to dinner at Belushi and his wife Judy’s apartment. “And I see my little vial empty and washed, just sitting on a shelf by the books,” the comedian recollected.