| Judith Belushi-Pisano | |
| Birth Name: | Judith Victoria Jacklin |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1951 |
| Alias: | Judy Jacklin Belushi |
| Birth Place: | Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Radio and television producer |
| Children: | 1 |
Judith Belushi-Pisano (born Judith Victoria Jacklin; January 1, 1951 – July 5, 2024), also known as Judy Jacklin Belushi,[1] was an American radio and television producer.
Judith Victoria Jacklin was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on January 1, 1951.[2] She grew up in Wheaton, Illinois, where she met John Belushi during high school.[2] They moved to New York City as his career took off, and married in 1976.[2] She was a radio producer for The National Lampoon Radio Hour.[2]
Belushi's drug use put a strain on their marriage, and he died from a drug overdose in 1982.[2] [3] [4] In the aftermath of her husband's death, Judy Belushi challenged the popular image that formed of him as "a hard-partying drug addict", as described by The New York Times, in favor of a more nuanced portrait that put his addiction in the context of "sudden fame, abysmal self-doubt and a [drug-heavy] celebrity culture".[2] In 1990, she married producer, writer, and director Victor Pisano; he had three daughters from a previous marriage and they had one son before divorcing in 2010.[5] [2] [6] [7]
In 2011, Belushi-Pisano was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Nonfiction Series for her work on the television program Biography.[8]
Belushi-Pisano died from endometrial cancer at her home on Martha's Vineyard, on July 5, 2024, at the age of 73.