Belzer, a longtime comedian, went on to play one in every of TV’s favourite detectives for greater than twenty years.
NEW YORK — Richard Belzer, the longtime stand-up comedian who turned one in every of TV’s most indelible detectives as John Munch in “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Law & Order: SVU,” has died. He was 78.
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Belzer died Sunday at his house in Bozouls in southern France, his longtime good friend Bill Scheft told The Hollywood Reporter. Comedian Laraine Newman first introduced his dying on Twitter.
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“I loved this guy so much. He was one of my first friends when I got to New York to do SNL,” Newman wrote. “One of the funniest people ever. A master at crowd work. RIP dearest.”
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Others posting social media tributes included actor Henry Winkler, Belzer’s cousin, who wrote “Rest in peace Richard.”
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