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Prolific actor Richard Belzer, who was finest identified for his position as Detective John Munch on “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Law & Order: SVU” (amongst different reveals), has died on the age of 78, The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> has confirmed. The actor’s longtime buddy author Bill Scheft advised the outlet Belzer died Sunday at his residence in Bozouls in southwest France. “He had a number of well being points, and his final phrases have been ‘F*ck you, motherf*cker,'” Scheft mentioned.<\/p>\n The unhappy information was first shared by the actor’s buddy and fellow actor Laraine Newman on Twitter<\/a>. “I’m so unhappy to listen to of Richard Belzer’s passing. I liked this man a lot. He was considered one of my first buddies once I received to New York to do SNL. We used to exit to dinner each week at Sheepshead Bay for lobster. One of the funniest folks ever. A grasp at crowd work. RIP dearest,” she wrote. <\/p>\n Born August 4, 1944, Belzer started his profession as a standup comic in New York City earlier than changing into the warm-up comic for “SNL” through the present’s early seasons. He went on to seem on the sketch-comedy collection 3 times over the course of his lengthy profession. By the time the ’80s rolled round, the actor was a well-established comic who earned roles in movies together with “Fletch Lives,” “Night Shift,” and “Scarface.”<\/p>\n However, it was the position of Munch that might outline Belzer’s profession. In 1993, he originated the position on “Homicide: Life on the Street” the place he performed the misanthropic detective all through the collection till it wrapped in 1999. He then introduced the character over to “Law & Order: SVU”<\/a> the place Munch continued to resolve crimes till 2016 when the actor retired from Hollywood. <\/p>\n Earlier this month, “SVU” gave an replace on Munch when the character’s former companion Fin (Ice-T) revealed what his previous buddy has been as much as since leaving the Special Victims Unit behind. “See, I had a companion years in the past, an previous murder detective. He had the identical actual protection mechanism. . . . He retired,” Fin says in “Dutch Tears.” “I suppose he simply ran out of gasoline. Last I heard, he moved again to Baltimore. Met a divorced feminine rabbi. And he purchased again his previous cop bar. It’s 1:30 a.m. He’s most likely cracking a joke to some barfly. That skinny b*stard had a punchline for each second of the day.”<\/p>\n In addition to taking part in Munch on “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “SVU,” Belzer additionally portrayed the character on eight different collection, together with “The X-Files,” “Arrested Development,” “The Wire,” and “30 Rock.” When he wasn’t performing, Belzer was a famous conspiracy theorist<\/a> who wrote 4 books about subjects like UFOs and the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Munch was a conspiracy theorist as nicely.<\/p>\n Belzer is survived by Harlee McBride, his spouse of greater than 40 years, and his stepdaughters, Jessica and Bree.<\/p>\n