Belushi: A Biography is an "oral history" biography of John Belushi

John Belushi

John Adam Belushi was an American comedian, actor, and musician, best known as one of the original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, The Star of the Films National Lampoon's Animal House and the The Blues Brothers and for fronting the American blues and soul...

, written and collaborated by John's widow, Judith Belushi Pisano

Judith Belushi Pisano

Judith Belushi "Judy" Pisano is an American writer, graphic designer, and artist. Born Judith Jacklin to parents Robert Leslie Jacklin and Jean Buchanan, the youngest of four children. Jacklin attended Wheaton Central High school in Wheaton, Illinois, where she met and began dating John Belushi...

 and co-author Tanner Colby, with an introduction by Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM is a Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.-Early...

. Filled with anecdotes and interviews from John's personal friends, fellow Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...

alumni, and film co-stars, it is a non-objective, positive portrayal of the actor's life and influence.

The anecdotes and narrative text are interspersed with both familiar and rare photos of the actor provided by Pisano, the Belushi family, and various friends. Many of the photos previously provided in Wired

Wired (book)

Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi, is a 1984 non-fiction book by American journalist Bob Woodward about the American actor and comedian John Belushi....

and Samurai Widow

Samurai Widow

Samurai Widow is a memoir by Judith Jacklin Belushi, the wife of comedian John Belushi. Judith wrote Samurai Widow in response to the negative portrayal of John in the 1984 Bob Woodward book, Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi and its subsequent film adaptation in 1989.The book...

are seen here in full color.

External links

• Belushi: A Biography, official website for the book