Homestalgia Archive
Community memory · 1929–today · Aug 7, 2026
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Built in 1929 as apartments modeled on a Loire Valley château, the Chateau Marmont became a hotel in 1931. John Belushi died in Bungalow 3 in 1982.
Source: Los Angeles Conservancy, Chateau Marmont landmark profile; Los Angeles Times, reporting on John Belushi’s death at Chateau Marmont (1982)