On the Cover 24
For comic genius John Belushi, the wild rock 'n' roll party of life ends at 33
Up Front 32
Senate Republican maverick Bob Packwood irks President Reagan—again
In His Own Words 37
Still swinging at 77, Count Basie reprises his remarkable musical career
To the Top 45
By selling 2,628 boxes of Girl Scout cookies, Markita Andrews crumbles last year's record
Medics 46
Dr. Alan Trounson's frozen embryos advance test-tube baby technology and the controversy about it
Jocks 50
Czechoslovakian émigrés Anton, Peter and Marian Stastny are hockey's most sensational brother act
On the Move 55
Jazz singer Angela Bofill's career has sprouted along with her passion for raw foods
Screen 67
At 15, Doug McKeon stars with Katharine Hepburn in Oscar-nominated On Golden Pond
Bio 71
Be it a curse or a blessing, China's preeminent female writer, Ding Ling, has had the fortune to live in interesting times
Winners 80
Crossword champ Stan Newman defeats wordsmiths from across (and down) the land
Couples 82
Ex-Panthers Eldridge and Kathleen Cleaver are now all for God, country and Yale
Tube 86
After the Enquirer suit, her husband's heart attack and a semiautobiographical TV movie, Eunice, Carol Burnett finds peace in Maui
Lookout 92
Gymnast Michelle Goodwin
Style 98
Jay Gould is a model veterinarian—and vice-versa
Party 101
From Barry Goldwater to Jane Fonda, Norman Lear's friends join his toast to liberty
Mail 4
Picks & Pans 12
Dean Jones launches a Disney series on CBS and Scott Baio and Erin Moran star in an ABC spinoff of Happy Days
Gossip James Brady writes scandalously of The Press Lord, who's not unlike his boss, New York Post publisher Rupert Murdoch
The Oak Ridge Boys' LP Bobbie Sue doesn't find them at their peak
Julie Andrews dresses as a man, James Garner is a gangster, and Robert Preston plays a gay cabaret performer in a good-natured burlesque, Victor/Victoria
Star Tracks 63
A hirsute Henry Fonda is on the road to recovery
Yehudi Menuhin fiddles as Rudolf Nureyev turns
Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall are reunited—for dramatic effect
Maurice Hines co-stars with a 4-year-old
Peter Ustinov is picture-perfect as a granddad
People Puzzle 94
Chatter 104
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