Kathy smith and john belushi
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Cathy Smith Dies: ‘Sundown’ Muse Who Injected John Belushi With Fatal Drug Dose Was 73
Cathy Smith, the onetime girlfriend of singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot who might be best remembered for inspiring the hit song “Sundown” had she not met up with John Belushi at the Chateau Marmont on March 5, 1982, died August 18. She was 73.
Her death was reported by Canada’s The Globe and Mail. The longtime resident of Maple Ridge, B.C., had been on oxygen and in failing health the past few years, the newspaper said.
Smith, who had been a backup singer (and occasional drug supplier) to the rockers who later would become The Band (she claimed “The Weight” was inspired by her), admitted to injecting Belushi with the heroin and cocaine “speedball” that led to his death at age 33. In a 1986 deal with prosecutors, she pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter and several drug charges and served a 15-month prison sentence at California Institution for Women. Upon release, she was deported to her native Canada, where she reportedly took a job in Toronto as a legal secretary.
Until Belushi’s death, Smith was known in rock music circles for singing backup for Levon Helm, Rick Danko and Richard Manuel, later founding members
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Her death was reported by Canada’s The Globe and Mail. The longtime resident of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, had been on oxygen and in failing health the past few years, the newspaper said.
Smith, who had been a back-up singer (and occasional drug supplier) to the Canadian rockers who would later become The Band(she claimed “The Weight” was inspired by her), admitted to injecting Belushi with the heroin and cocaine that led to his death at age 33. In a 1986 plea bargain, she pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter and several drug charges and served a 15-month prison sentence at California Institution for Women. Upon release, she was deported to her native Canada,...
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Canadian ladylove convicted pressure manslaughter dole out the contract killing of Privy Belushi (1947-2020)
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