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Catherine Evelyn Smith (April 25, 1947 – August 16, 2020), also known as Cathy "Silverbag" Smith, [1] [2] was a Canadian backup singer, groupie, drug dealer, and legal secretary. Smith served 15 months in the California Institution for Women for injecting actor John Belushi with a fatal dose of heroin and cocaine in 1982.
Belushi was dismissed from Saturday Night Live several times and rehired more than once. In 1982, he died at the age of 33. Cathy Smith confessed to dosing him with a mixture of heroin and cocaine at the Chateau Marmont. [3] [4] Smith was charged with second degree murder, was convicted and sentenced to 15 months in prison. [4]
"Cathy was a great lady," Lightfoot told The Globe and Mail after her death. "Men were drawn to her, and she used to make me jealous. But I don't have a bad thing to say about her." Smith later became notorious as the person who injected John Belushi with a fatal speedball. [71] In 1989, he married Elizabeth Moon. They had two children. [72]
When Rolling Stone ranked all then-145 cast members of "SNL," they put John Belushi in the top spot, calling him "the first rock 'n' roll star of comedy.". Belushi was another one of the seven ...
Actor John Belushi, who went from Chicago’s Second City to television and movie stardom, died in a Los Angeles hotel Friday. He was 33. The comedian, who became a national hit on TV’s original ...
The actor, now 75, reflected on her "SNL" stint in a new interview with People and shed new light on the addiction issues her co-star John Belushi battled before his death by drug overdose in 1982 ...
John Belushi: 33: March 5, 1982: Belushi died of a drug overdose from a speedball injection (cocaine and heroin). Belushi's death led to the conviction of Cathy Smith for administering the fatal injection. Gilda Radner: 42: May 20, 1989: Radner died from ovarian cancer.
Kathy, Kathie, Cathy or Cathie Smith may refer to: Cathy Smith (1947–2020), Canadian convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of John Belushi Cathy Smith (cricketer) (born 1961), Australian cricketer