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John Adam Belushi (/ b ə ˈ l uː ʃ i /; January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an American comedian, actor and musician. He was one of seven Saturday Night Live cast members of the first season. [1]
The word is derived from the Latin celebrity, from the adjective celeber ("famous," "celebrated"). Being a celebrity is often one of the highest degrees of notability, although the word notable is mistaken to be synonymous with the title celebrity, fame, prominence etc. As in Wikipedia, articles written about notable people doesn't necessarily ...
May 1 – A crowd of over 100,000 attends the first day of the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee. The fair is kicked off with an address by President Ronald Reagan. Over 11 million people attend the fair during its 6-month run. May 2 – The Weather Channel is begun in the U.S.
The cast of ABC's Fridays (Mark Blankfield, Maryedith Burrell, Melanie Chartoff, Larry David, Rich Hall, Darrow Igus, Brandis Kemp, Bruce Mahler, Michael Richards, and John Roarke) was offered the chance to be on SNL in 1982, but all declined. Two years later, Rich Hall and Larry David would be hired on the show (Hall was a cast member while ...
This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1982. [1] [2] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 25, 1982, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of November 1, 1981 through October 31, 1982.
UK 1 – Jul 1982, US BB 1 – Feb 1983, Canada 1 – Nov 1982, Switzerland 1 – Nov 1982, Ireland 1 – Aug 1982, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Nov 1982, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1983, POP 2 of 1983, Netherlands 4 – Aug 1982, US BB 5 of 1983, France 5 – Jan 1983, Germany 5 – Jan 1983, Austria 9 – Nov 1982, RYM 11 of 1982, US CashBox 12 ...
The crack epidemic in the U.S. was a time during the 1980s when people were using crack cocaine as payment for every day goods, crack cocaine was cheap. [6] [4] Thompson wrote about her life during that time in Queen Pin, co-written with David Ritz. It was published in 2010.
A. A-Trak; A.Y. (musician) Panu Aaltio; Aanaahad; Aarón (footballer) Rachel Aaron; Kaye Abad; Narcisse Fish Abada; Giorgos Abalof; Aaron Aban; Georgios Abaris ...