Posted by UniversalDennis at inetgate5.bp.com on August 31, 2001 at 14:10:30:
> Belushi was not a heroine addict.
Yes, he was. Consult "Wired" by Bob Woodward.
> No one in his family or immediate friends had
> any knowledge of herione use at all, yet they
> knew about all the other drugs he used.
Dan Aykroyd said that John was terrified of needles, yes, but shooting up isn't the only way to take heroin. John would have someone else inject him.
> It has been and always will be a mystery and conspiracy.
I don't think so. He was in poor health and taking a lot of drugs. The combinations of heroin and cocaine caused his system to collapse, and he died.
> I think it is totally unfair to make Belushi in to an bad
> example when no one really knows what really happened!!!
I loved John Belushi. He was a hero of mine when I was a boy (he died when I was 14 years old). Nonetheless, I don't think there's a big mystery here, or a conspiracy. Was it irresponsible for Cathy Evelyn Smith to shoot him up with heroin the night he died? Probably. Did he want her to do it? Absolutely.
Who bears the ultimate responsibility for his death? He does. Even Dan Aykroyd would admit that at this point. I think his friends and relatives were upset by "Wired," not because it was inaccurate, merely because it was so ugly and apparently glossed over some of the brigher parts of his life.