{"id":69399,"date":"2023-02-19T22:57:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T22:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/19\/richard-belzer-tv-detective-and-stand-up-comic-dies-at-78-national\/"},"modified":"2023-02-19T22:57:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T22:57:07","slug":"richard-belzer-tv-detective-and-stand-up-comedian-dies-at-78-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/19\/richard-belzer-tv-detective-and-stand-up-comedian-dies-at-78-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Belzer, TV detective and stand-up comedian, dies at 78 &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span>By Staff<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--noName\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Associated Press<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-byline__datesWrapper\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__dates\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Posted February 19, 2023 3:24 pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"c-byline__dateToggle toggle-switch u-hide-tablet-portrait\" aria-label=\"Toggle last modified date of the article\" data-expand=\"#bylineDateUpdated\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"updated-toggle-off\" class=\"toggle-off\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-byline__dateToggleIcon c-byline__dateToggleIcon--up\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=3knoi0mr1#dropdown_arrow\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"updated-toggle-on\" class=\"toggle-on c-icon \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-byline__dateToggleIcon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=3knoi0mr1#dropdown_arrow\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Updated February 19, 2023 3:32 pm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"l-article__details\" data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font dimension<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=3knoi0mr1#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font dimension<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=3knoi0mr1#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article class=\"l-article__text js-story-text\" aria-label=\"Article text\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/Richard-Belzer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Belzer<\/a>, the longtime slapstick comedian who turned one in every of TV\u2019s most indelible detectives as John Munch in \u201cHomicide: Life on the Street\u201d and \u201cLaw &amp; Order: SVU,\u201d has died. He was 78.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Belzer died Sunday at his dwelling in Bozouls in southern France, his longtime pal Bill Scheft informed The Hollywood Reporter. Comedian Laraine Newman first introduced his demise on Twitter. The actor Henry Winkler, Belzer\u2019s cousin, wrote \u201cRest in peace Richard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For greater than 20 years and throughout 10 sequence \u2014 together with appearances on \u201c30 Rock\u201d and \u201cArrested Development\u201d \u2014 Belzer performed the wise-cracking murder detective vulnerable to conspiracy theories. Belzer first performed Munch on a 1993 episode of \u201cHomicide\u201d and final performed him in 2016 on \u201cLaw &amp; Order: SVU.\u201d<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9494777\/alzheimers-disease-youngest-person-diagnosed-19-years-old-china\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ny366-814_2018_185517.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">19-year-old could also be youngest individual ever recognized with Alzheimer\u2019s<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9494880\/canadians-experts-weigh-in-japans-separation-marriage-trend\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-120890413.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">Married however dwelling aside? Canadian consultants weigh in on Japan\u2019s separation marriage development<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>Belzer by no means auditioned for the position. After listening to him on \u201cThe Howard Stern Show,\u201d govt producer Barry Levinson introduced Belzer in to learn for the half.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI would never be a detective. But if I were, that\u2019s how I\u2019d be,\u201d Belzer as soon as mentioned. \u201cThey write to all my paranoia and anti-establishment dissidence and conspiracy theories. So it\u2019s been a lot of fun for me. 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