John Belushi

BirthDate BirthPlace	01/23/1949 Chicago, IL

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Met wife Judy Jacklin at a Little League baseball game when they were teenagers. Their first dinner date was at one of his father's restaurants.
Attended the same high school as the Washington Post's Bob Woodward. They both won eighth-grade medals for citizenship and played on the football team. (Woodward later wrote the grim Belushi biography
Based his role as a newspaper columnist in Continental Divide (1981) on Mike Royko, who was a friend of his father's.
Was inspired to take up acting and comedy after listening to Bob Newhart comedy records in high school.
Joined Chicago's Second City improv troupe in 1971.