Cathy Smith cause of death

Cathy Smith died on August 16, 2020, in Maple Ridge, British Columbia at the age of 73. According to reports, she had been on oxygen and in failing health for some years.

Cathy was a Canadian occasional backup singer, rock groupie, drug dealer and legal secretary. Smith served 15 months in the California state prison system for injecting original Saturday Night Live cast member John Belushi with a fatal dose of heroin and cocaine in 1982.

Smith began using heroin in the late 1970s. In Bob Woodward’s book Wired, she appeared as a drug dealer to Rolling Stone band members Ron Wood and Keith Richards during touring and rehearsals as The New Barbarians.

Smith moved to Los Angeles and as her addiction increased, she became a full-time drug dealer and courier to Wood, Richards, and others in the entertainment world.