The news was confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter by his friend the writer Bill Scheft, who specified that the interpreter of that famous detective John Munch suffered from “many health problems” in the last moment.
As a comedian, Belzer had his run through Saturday night Live. one of the most iconic shows in the United States, in which he debuted in 1974, the same year that the movie “The Groove Tube” was released, starring him alongside Chevy Chae and Ken Shapiro.
Your colleague laraine newmanan original member of that program, was one of the first celebrities to break the sad news through a Twitter message in which she took the opportunity to say goodbye to the actor and remember some shared moments.
“I am very saddened to learn of the passing of Richard Belzer. I loved this boy so much. He was one of my first friends when I came to New York to do SNL. We used to go out to dinner every week in Sheepshead Bay for lobster. One of the people funniest that exist. A master in the work of crowds. RIP dear, “he said.
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