New Documentary Examines How Robin Williams Was Impacted By the Tragic Death of Friend John Belushi in the ’80s

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00:00Robin asked Belushi if he was okay when he was down on the floor in the Chateau Marmont

00:04And he said yeah

00:05I just took a couple of lewds and

00:07Robin who was with Robert De Niro at the time was walking out of the door turned around and said to him

00:12Well, give me a call if you ever wake up again

00:16Belushi never got up again

00:18The following day Williams was on the set of the cast of Mork and Mendy hungover

00:23Co-star Pam Dauber got the news and related to Williams

00:27John Belushi was dead

00:32Robin Williams was overheard shocked on set. He said, oh my god

00:38He'd realized that his close friend Belushi had overdosed on a speedball cocktail of heroin and cocaine

00:46Inside his bungalow by Robin being there. It was probably a horrible burden. It would be very difficult

00:52I think to move on and also to be such close friends