''Samurai Widow'' (

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

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) is a memoir by Judith Jacklin Belushi, the wife of comedian

John Belushi John Adam Belushi ( ; January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an American comedian, actor, singer and musician. He was one of seven ''Saturday Night Live'' cast members of the first season. He was arguably the most popular member of the ''Satur ...

. Belushi wrote ''Samurai Widow'' in response to the negative portrayal of John in the

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

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book, '' Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi'' and its subsequent film adaptation in

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

. The book is a loose telling of Judith's life with John, her grief after his death, and her struggle to move on with life. The contents are based around the extensive journals kept by the author after her husband's death, and a majority of the journal entries appear in the book as they were originally written. The book's title comes from one of Belushi's most famous ''

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'' (''SNL'') characters, a samurai who would have a different job each appearance (e.g. baker, lawyer, hotel manager). The character was known as Samurai Futaba.

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