Ranked: These Comedians Have Made Us Laugh For Decades

Published on August 25, 2019 By Jason Albert

15. John Belushi

There’s no telling what John Belushi could have accomplished had he not sadly passed away in 1982 at the age of 33. As one of the first cast members of SNL, Belushi would make audiences laugh for four years while also helping the show become the iconic fixture it is on American television.

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Belushi starred opposite Dan Ackroyd in the 1980 hit The Blues Brothers. Sadly, he passed two years later after injecting a deadly mix of cocaine and heroin.