Judy Belushi-Pisano — an actress and producer who was married to legendary comic John Belushi — has died … in response to posts on John’s official social media.
A Fb and Instagram put up shared early Saturday morning introduced the tragic information … saying Judy lately handed away whereas lauding her for her artistic genius and for honoring John within the a long time following his overdose loss of life.
The social media posts additionally point out Judy’s involvement with “The Blues Brothers” — the enduring musical-comedy movie starring JB and Dan Aykroyd which Judy was serving to to make right into a tv sequence, in response to IMDb. No reason behind loss of life has been revealed.
Judy grew up in Wheaton, Illinois and met John whereas they each attended the native highschool the place they began courting when Judy was a sophomore and John was a senior.
After they’d each graduated, the couple moved to NYC so Belushi might chase his showbiz goals, and so they married in 1976.
In fact, John’s profession took off … and Judy appeared alongside him in different tasks like “Animal House” and the unique ‘Blues Brothers’ movie.
Pisano and Belushi had been married till he overdosed on a mixture of cocaine and heroin in 1982. She later married movie producer Victor Pisano in 1990. We have reached out to members of Judy’s household … to this point, no phrase again.
Judy was 73.
RIP
