Question: Belushi: A Biography is an "oral history" biography of a comedian born in what year?
Context: Oral history is the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews.  These interviews are conducted with people who participated in or observed past events and whose memories and perceptions of these are to be preserved as an aural record for future generations.  Oral history strives to obtain information from different perspectives and most of these cannot be found in written sources.  "Oral history" also refers to information gathered in this manner and to a written work (published or unpublished) based on such data, often preserved in archives and large libraries.  Knowledge presented by Oral History (OH) is unique in that it shares the tacit perspective, thoughts, opinions and understanding of the interviewee in its primary form. Word of mouth or viva voce, is the passing of information from person to person by oral communication, which could be as simple as telling someone the time of day.  Storytelling is a common form of word-of-mouth communication where one person tells others a story about a real event or something made up.  Oral tradition is cultural material and traditions transmitted by word of mouth through successive generations.  Storytelling and oral tradition are forms of word of mouth that play important roles in folklore and mythology.  Another example of oral communication is oral history—the recording, preservation and interpretation of historical information, based on the personal experiences and opinions of the speaker.  Oral history preservation is the field that deals with the care and upkeep of oral history materials collected by word of mouth, whatever format they may be in. Belushi: A Biography is an "oral history" biography of John Belushi, written and collaborated by John's widow, Judith Belushi Pisano and co-author Tanner Colby, with an introduction by Dan Aykroyd.  Filled with anecdotes and interviews from John's personal friends, fellow "Saturday Night Live" alumni, and film co-stars, it is a non-objective, positive portrayal of the actor's life and influence. Douglas A. Boyd is an oral historian, archivist, folklorist and author and currently directs the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky.  He graduated from Denison University with a B.A. in History and graduated from Indiana University with an M.A. and Ph.D. in Folklore.  He is known for his work regarding oral history and digital technologies including his work designing and managing the OHMS system (Oral History Metadata Synchronizer).  Recently served as executive producer of the documentary "Kentucky Bourbon Tales: Distilling the Family Spirit", as well as the award-winning documentary "Quest for the Perfect Bourbon: Voices of Buffalo Trace Distillery" and is active in the Oral History Association, Society for American Archivists, and the American Folklore Society.  Formerly, Boyd managed the digital program for the University of Alabama Libraries, directed the Kentucky Oral History Commission, and served as the senior archivist for the folklife and oral history collections at the Kentucky Historical Society.  He is co-editor of "Oral History and Digital Humanities: Voice, Access, and Engagement" with Mary A. Larson.  Boyd is also author of "Crawfish Bottom: Recovering a Lost Kentucky Community" which was published by University Press of Kentucky and was featured on C-Span's Book TV.  He also regularly appears on the radio show "Saving Stories".  He is also the co-host of The Wisdom Project Podcast, with Kopana Terry. Stephen F. Kelly is an English author and broadcaster, born in Liverpool, England in June 1946.  He is the author of many books, mostly on football and in particular on Liverpool Football Club.  He has written a number of biographies of football managers including Bill Shankly, Sir Alex Ferguson, Kenny Dalglish and Gerard Houllier as well as an oral history of Liverpool Football Club.  He was one of the first writers in Britain to explore sport through oral history, not only with The Kop but also with his oral history of Manchester United Football Club, Red Voices, and a further book on Liverpool, The Bootroom Boys.  His other books include a novel, Mr Shankly's Photograph which tells the story of a young boy growing up in Liverpool during the 1960s with a fascination for Liverpool Football Club, the Cavern and The Beatles.  His study of life in Britain during the 1950s, "You've never Had It So Good' was published in April 2012.  His most recent book,'British Soldiers of the Korean War: In Their Own Words' is an oral history of the Korean War between 1950-53 and is published by the History Press.  He was appointed Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of Chester in 2012. Oral history preservation is the field that deals with the care and upkeep of oral history materials, whatever format they may be in.  Oral history is a method of historical documentation, using interviews with living survivors of the time being investigated.  Oral history often touches on topics scarcely touched on by written documents, and by doing so, fills in the gaps of records that make up early historical documents. The Baylor University Institute for Oral History (BUIOH), located in Waco, Texas, is a freestanding research department within Baylor University's Division of Academic Affairs.  The BUIOH creates oral history memoirs by preserving an audio recording and transcript of interviews with individuals who are eyewitnesses to history; it provides both physical and digital access to these materials for those interested in the stories.  The BUIOH is a sponsoring member of the Oral History Association (OHA), hosts the Texas Oral History Association (TOHA), participates in H-Oralhist (the oral history online discussion forum) and is active in the International Oral History Association (IOHA). John Adam Belushi ( ; January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an American comedian, actor and musician.  Belushi is best known for his "intense energy and raucous attitude" which he displayed as one of the seven original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live" ("SNL").  Throughout his career, Belushi had a close personal and artistic partnership with his fellow "SNL" star Dan Aykroyd, whom he met while they were both working at Chicago's The Second City comedy club. Circa 1230s-1600s, the Mali Empire was created in Western Africa along the Niger River.  Often associated with being founded by Sunjata Keita, the history of Mali is extremely based on oral history.  The story of the founder of Mali, Sunjata Keita, is largely based on oral history.  Oral history may be defined as the preservation and interpretation of historical, cultural or personal experiences by way of a speaker.  In Mali, such a speaker can be described as a poet, a storyteller, a praise singer or a musician.  A large amount of Mali’s history is transferred via oral historians.  Such oral historians in Mali are known as griots, Jalis, and Jelis.  The origins of oral history in Mali may be traced back to the story of Sunjata Keita.  Modern-day oral history in Mali has transformed from the history based griots to a more contemporary musical and negotiator based griots.  The current state of oral history in Mali has travelled to other realms like popular culture and politics. The Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS) is a web application designed to enhance online access to oral history interviews.  OHMS was originally designed and created by the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries in 2008 for deployment through the Kentucky Digital Library.  In 2011, the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History received a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services to make the system open source and free to use with interoperability and sustainability as the primary goals.  According to the Nunn Center, "The primary purpose for OHMS is to empower users to more effectively and efficiently discover information in an oral history interview online by connecting the user from a search result to the corresponding moment in an interview."
Answer: 1949