“I have dreams once in a while where he and I are acting at Second City,” he told “Variety” recently, referring to the iconic comedy theater in Chicago.

Jim Belushi details how late brother John pays him ‘little visits’ in his dreams

“I have dreams once in a while where he and I are acting at Second City,” he told "Variety" recently, referring to the iconic comedy theater in Chicago.

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Jim Belushi attends 'SNL50: The Homecoming Concert' on Feb. 14; John Belushi in New York City in 1978. Credit:

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For Jim Belushi, the memory of his late brother, John Belushi, is still alive and well — in his dreams.**

The *Song Sung Blue* actor said that more than four decades after his brother — who was famously half of the Blues Brothers duo and an original *Saturday Night Live* cast member — died, he still gets “little visits” from him. **

“I have dreams once in a while where he and I are acting at Second City,” he told *Variety* recently, referring to the iconic comedy theater in Chicago.**

He continued, “We were on stage together, and he was so funny that I cracked up, eating the scene in front of everybody. I got so mad at him, because that’s the worst thing you can do, is break character, right? But he was just so funny, and he goes, ‘Ah, come on, kid!’ He was sweet to me. So, I still get little visits.”**

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On March 5, 1982, John was found dead at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles of an apparent drug overdose. He was 33.

Jim has talked about the memory of his brother numerous times over the years, but he's not the only one who recently reminisced on the late comedian.

In an interview for the *Joe Rogan Experience* podcast in March, Bill Murray gushed about his friend, who recruited him to join *The National Lampoon Radio Hour* in 1974, and two years later would join Belushi on *SNL*.

John Belushi publicity portrait for 1978 film 'Animal House'.

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"Belushi made people's careers possible — mine would be one of them," Murray told Rogan. "He went to New York first. He broke into New York, he took over New York, and he dragged all of us from Second City to New York... He did a lot of things for people. There's a lot of people that slept on John Belushi's couch. There's a lot of people that stayed for free at his house until they made it in New York. And I'm one."

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Murray added, "He died in an unfortunate way, but man, he was still the best stage actor I ever saw. He was absolutely magnetic. You couldn't take your eyes off him.**

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