Judy Belushi-Pisano, an actor, producer and the widow of legendary funnyman John Belushi, has died at age 73, in accordance with members of the family.
Her demise was introduced Saturday on Belushi’s social media pages.
“There was nobody like her,” the Pisano and Belushi households stated in a press release. “Judy made everybody really feel cherished. She was nonjudgmental, mild, humorous and pure. You would be really your self round her, that alone was a present.”
Belushi-Pisano was born on Jan. 7, 1951, in Wheaton, Sick., the place she met John Belushi whereas attending the identical highschool.
Judy Belushi-Pisano died on the age of 73, in accordance with members of the family. Vince Bucci
Belushi-Pissano labored on Nationwide Lampoon’s “Animal Home,” starring her husband. ©Common/courtesy Everett / Ev
In 1973, she and John moved to New York to work for Nationwide Lampoon, in accordance with IMBD. She started as an artwork assistant however later turned an affiliate producer for “The Nationwide Lampoon Radio Hour.”
They married in 1976, in accordance with CBS.
She endured the worst of her husband’s drug dependancy struggles via his “Saturday Night time Dwell” profession earlier than he died of an overdose in 1982 on the age of 36.
Belushi-Pisano devoted her life to her husband’s legacy. UPI
The 2 had been married when John overdosed in 1982. John Belushi/Fb
She labored on a few of Belushi’s iconic comedies like “The Blues Brothers” and “Nationwide Lampoon’s Animal Home” — the place she made uncredited appearances —and spent a lot of her later life dedicated to her late husband’s legacy.
She was concerned in making the 2020 Showtime documentary “John Belushi” about his life and in addition authored his biography.
“As we bid farewell, we pledge to proceed her work, making certain that John’s legacy, and the Blues Brothers won’t ever fade,” the Pisano and Belushi households stated on Saturday.
Belushi Pisano later married movie producer Victor Pisano in 1990. They divorced in 2010. She is survived by her youngsters and grandchildren, Folks reported.