John Belushi and 'The Razor's Edge'

I remember reading in a People magazine from '84 that Bill Murray wrote the dialogue in a scene from THE RAZOR'S EDGE for John Belushi.

When Piedmont, the crusty leader of the ambulance drivers in the WWI sequence (played by Bill Murray's older brother, Brian Doyle-Murray), is bayoneted by a German soldier, Larry paraphrases what Piedmont had said about the Harvard men killed earlier by artillery.

"He was a slob...he will not be missed."

Belushi had died of a drug overdose in March of 1982, a victim of Hollywood excess and his own appetites and addictions.

What was interesting for me about the scene was how Larry uses the hardened bluster of Piedmont to eulogize him, but it's obvious that Larry doesn't have the same tough shell. It made me think of the photo I saw of Bill Murray placing a flower on the casket of Belushi. The same look on his face.