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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1982)
Belushi, 33, laid to rest , ' Wk ' life 9mm Source says overdose caused death VINEYARD HAVEN, Mats. AP — With Dan Aykroyd riding to the gravesite on a motorcy cle and James Taylor mourn fully singing "That Lonesome j Road." comedian John Belu- j shi was buried Tuesday in a gentle snow on an island off Cape Cod Meanwhile in Los Angeles, where Belushi died last Friday, reports surfaced that his death may have been caused by a cocaine overdose We can hear the call of his solitary warning Wise up!' " the Rev Ilia Katre of Boston’s Holy Trimly Church told the 200 friends and relatives who gathered at a church on Martha s Vineyard for a 45-minute requiem service and brief eulogy The phrase "Wise up1' was a trademark of the 33-year-old Belushi whose manic comedy made him a star of TV's "Sa turday Night Live" and then such motion pictures as Animal House, filmed in Eugene and on the University campus Among the mourners who gathered on the overcasi chilly morning at the Con gregational church were Belushi s wife Judith his par ents comedian Bill Murray and producer Lome Michaels who worked with Belushi on the hit NBC late-night comedy show Lee Salters Belushi s New York publicist said the comedian chose to oe buned on the island where he owned a summer home because it was the one place he really slept well.' Seriously, he's always really loved it here ” said Salter The funeral service was performed by two Albanian Orthodox priests with sott or gan music and the smell of mcense m the small tradition al New England church Belusht's parents emigrated from Albania The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that a source in the coroner s office said Belushi died of complica tions from a cocame over dose ABC News also reported that sources said a drug over dose kitted him and said the drug was 'probably cocaine The Los Angeles coroner s office declined to comment on {he reports saying only that the autopsy and other tests have been inconclusive Belusht s nude body was found Friday on a bed in a S200-a-day bungalow he had rented at the Chateau Mar mont Hotel in Los Angeles He was in California to film a comedy Noble Rot ABC also said Beiushi a heavy smoker was believed to have been suffering from a respiratory disease Boyce faces robbery charges Seattle AP — Convicted spy Christropher Boyce was indicted Tuesday by a tederal grand jury on five counts of bank robbery and six counts of unlawful possession of a firearm Boyce is accused of robbing five banks in Western Washington between January and July of 1981, said Gene Anderson, U S attorney for Western Washington Almost $25,000 was taken in the bank rob beries in Bremerton, Everett, Bellingham, Bellevue, and Seattle, Anderson said In January, Boyce was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise on charges of conspiracy to rob eight banks in Idaho, Montana and eastern Washington. Boyce, 29, was convicted in 1977 of selling CIA spy satellite information to the Soviet Union. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison, but escaped from the medium-security Federal Correctional Institution in Lompoc, Calif. He remained at large for 19 months until his capture in Port Angeles, Wash, on Aug. 21, 1981 Federal officials have said Boyce used the money from the bank robberies to support himself during his freedom. Boyce received an additional three-year sen tence late last month in Los Angeles for the escape CASH For Textbooks Mon -Fri Smith Family Bookstore 768 E 13th 1 Bl From Campus P* J44-1SS1 ^ German AUTO SERVICE VWs-MERCEDES-BMWs DATSUN-TOYOTA-AUDI Reliable service for your foreign car 342-2912 2025 Franklin Blvd Eugene, Oregon DOWN WITH ALLIGATORS UP WITH YOU Have your own status polo! In the Fifth St. Public Market Polo shirts in your choice of more than ten colors. Just 22.00 with your monogram. Hurry! This week only! Now available in The Book Department AUTOGRAPHED COPIES of BEST EFFORTS by Kenny Moore What makes world-class runners tick? What sets them apart from the millions o* us who are flocking to the tracks and roads of Amercia? In BEST EFFORTS Kenny Moore — distinguished Oregon marathoner and star of the new film Personal Best — seeks answers to these and other questions about athletic excellence, drawing on his own experience as runner along with interviews with the most famous names in world class running competition: Bill Rodgers, Grete Waitz, John Akii-Bua. Ron Clarke, Mary Decker Sebastian Coe, Eamonn Coaghlan and Bill Bowerman Upstairs in The Book Department, $15,95 hardcover uo BOOKSTORE 13th & Kincaid Mon-Fri 8 15-5:30 Sat 10:00-3:00 Textbooks 686-3520 • General Books 686-3510 • Supplies 686-4311
