Cathy Smith, Who Injected John Belushi With Fatal Drugs, Dies at 73

[Zorro]

After giving an interview to The National Enquirer, she was convicted in Mr. Belushi’s overdose death and served time in prison.

A headline on the cover of The National Enquirer in June 1982 became the defining element of Cathy Smith’s life.

“‘I Killed John Belushi,’” it read, alongside a large photograph of Mr. Belushi, the boisterous comedian. Below the picture another headline added, “World Exclusive — Mystery Woman Confesses.”

The headline and accompanying article were the catalyst that ultimately landed Ms. Smith in jail.

Before the Enquirer article, the circumstances surrounding Mr. Belushi’s death the previous March, at 33, had remained murky, and it was simply labeled an accidental drug overdose.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/us/cathy-smith-dead.html

[a kennedy]

1. Never got over Johns death.

[mnmoderatedem]

2. loved Belushi

but she could take the blame and have fingers pointed at her all of her life. But Belushi was addicted and did not get help, and that is what cost him his life. Period.

She may have enabled, but it's unfair to make her the sole culprit.

[Sewa]

5. Reminds me of an incident when I was in

High school. This guy I went to school with injected drugs into a girls arm and the dude screwed it up. The girl had to have her arm amputated.

There was a newspaper article about the incident. The reporter ask the girl if she blamed the dude for the loss of her arm and she said “no, I blame myself for asking him to inject the drugs in my arm. “

[no_hypocrisy]

3. I was surprised to learn that she was Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown".

[Zorro]

4. Apparently he had kind words for her on hearing she passed away

She must have been an interesting person.