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March 15, 1983: Rock Groupie Cathy Smith is Indicted
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Cathy Smith was indicted for second-degree murder for providing the drugs that killed comedian John Belushi in March 1982.
Smith -- backup singer for The Band and Gordon Lightfoot's one-time mistress -- later admitted to the National Enquirer that she was responsible for Belushi's death. The interview, along with a call by Belushi’s wife, led to the case being reopened and Smith’s indictment.
