The SNL Curse
John Belushi
An original SNL cast member from 1975-1979, John Belushi died of a drug overdose from a speedball (an injection of cocaine and heroin) at the age of 33. Belushi predicted his untimely fate on the show in a sketch titled "Don't Look Back in Anger" four years before his death. In it, Belushi plays an elderly version of himself; at one point, he turned to the camera and said, "Yep, they all thought I'd be the first to go. I was one of those live-fast, die-young, leave-a-good-looking-corpse types, you know?"






