Judy Belushi-Pisano — an actress and producer who was married to legendary comic John Belushi — has died … based on posts on John’s official social media.
A Fb and Instagram put up shared early Saturday morning introduced the tragic information … saying Judy just lately handed away whereas lauding her for her inventive genius and for honoring John within the many years 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 collection, based on IMDb. No reason for 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 relationship 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 desires, and so they married in 1976.
In fact, John’s profession took off … and Judy appeared alongside him in different tasks like “Animal Home” and the unique ‘Blues Brothers’ movie.
Pisano and Belushi had been married till he overdosed on a mix 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
