Billy Idol's naked police encounter

In a strange twist of fate on the night John Belushi died, Eighties punk icon Billy Idol was also experiencing his own substance-fueled meltdown in a room nearby.

"I would drink half a bottle of tequila, become comatose, and wake up a few hours later from having psychedelic nightmares," he recalled in his 2014 memoir Dancing with Myself.

After the remainder of his booze was stolen by a friend, he stripped off and set about destroying his room.

"I took out the bungalow windows with my elbows, screaming. I destroyed the TV and whatever else was in my immediate vicinity that sounded good crashing to the floor. I was nude and covered in blood and sweat, going nuts."

After falling unconscious once again, he woke up to hear police sirens all around the hotel, and assumed they were looking for him. Walking out of his room sans clothes, he bumped into police officers combing the halls for evidence, only to learn that they weren't there for him but rather the recently-OD'd Belushi.

"After that, the hotel manager had forgotten all about me," he said. "After sending her a bouquet and promising no more destruction, I moved to another bungalow."