Posted by Bartleby72 at 4.19.99.106 on February 04, 2002 at 17:25:53:
In Reply to: Kevin, thought you'd get quite the kick outta this posted by Kiss lt on February 04, 2002 at 16:32:22:
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: I was looking through boxes from the garage, and I found two near mint condition San Francisco Chronicles from when the headlines read "JOHN BELUSHI DEAD".
: Right from the start I got my happy face on, NOT because of the death, but seeing as how they are both from the same day (just one is the Home Edition), and also because it's pretty historic. Here's the part that tripped me out, though:
: A security guard at the Chateau Marmont Hotel said
: Belushi was found on a bed in a bungalow behind the hotel, and appeared to have choked on food. "It
: appears to be death by natural causes," said
: Lieutenant Dan Cooke of the Los Angeles Police
: Department. "The detectives here found nothing to
: make it seem suspicious." ...Cook added that there
: were no signs of drug usage.
: How about that, Kev? The media wouldn't lie to us... Would they? Anyway, just thought I'd share this with you and everyone else on the board. It had a really good quote from Belushi in the articles, which can be seen below. Later all.
They just didn't have the info. they needed yet to report an accurate story. Either did the police. Even if there were drug paraphanalia in Belushi's room, the police cannot say it looks to be drug-related until ALL tests are done. You have to be careful what you say to the media, 'cause if the police have misinformation, so do the media & so do we.