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After Working With John Belushi, Lorne Michaels Used To 'Ban' Chris Farley From SNL Amidst Drug Addiction: 'Obviously, It Didn't Do It For Him'
But the ending was painfully familiar. On December 18, 1997, just two months after hosting SNL, Chris Farley died of an ...
Meet the the LA coroner who shot to stardom after inventing the ‘celebrity death’
The man dubbed by the press as “coroner to the stars” would go on to perform autopsies on famous names like Natalie Wood, ...
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John Belushi's Death Meant He Couldn't Be A Ghostbuster, But They Still Worked A Tribute To Him Into The Movie
The role that Murray played, Peter Venkman, was first written with John Belushi in mind. Sadly, Belushi’s death in 1982 meant that he couldn’t be a member of the team. They still found a way ...
Lorne Michaels banned Chris Farley from ‘SNL’ for weeks due to his ‘addiction issues,’ author claims
Farley starred on “SNL” from 1990 to 1995. He died of a drug overdose (cocaine and morphine) in 1997, just like Belushi. In her book that came out in Feb., Morrison claimed that Farley was once ...
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John Mulaney Recalls How Lorne Michaels Invoked the Late John Belushi to Encourage His Sobriety
"He goes, 'I knew John Belushi for seven years. I've been talking about him for 48 years, because that's the shrapnel that happens when someone goes down like that,'" Mulaney recalled of Michaels ...
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Lorne Michaels reportedly used to ‘ban’ Chris Farley from shoots during his addiction days
During a recent appearance on Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, biographer Susan Morrison looked back at how the head of ...
Book Review: Restaurateur Keith McNally opens up in candid memoir ‘I Regret Almost Everything’
Keith McNally has been charming New York City diners since he opened his first restaurant, The Odeon, in 1980, helping ...
Lorne Michaels Used to 'Ban' Chris Farley from “SNL” for 'Weeks at a Time' in 'Tough Love' Move amid His Addiction
Lorne would call him into his office and give him these talks about the drinking or the drugs," biographer Susan Morrison ...
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After Working With John Belushi, Lorne Michaels Used To 'Ban' Chris Farley From SNL Amidst Drug Addiction: 'Obviously, It Didn't Do It For Him'
But his struggles with addiction are a sobering reminder of another SNL legend, John Belushi. Lorne Michaels , the show's creator, aimed to ensure that history wouldn’t repeat itself.