Richard Belzer, who played against type as a tough New York cop on Law and Order SVU after a long career in comedy, has died at 78.
His death was first reported on social media by his friend, the actor Laraine Newman, of Saturday Night Live fame. “I’m so sad to hear of Richard Belzer’s passing,” she wrote Sunday. “I loved this guy so much.
He was one of my first friends when I got to New York to do SNL.” “We used to go out to dinner every week at Sheepshead Bay for lobster.
One of the funniest people ever. A master at crowd work. RIP dearest,” added Newman. In the 1970s, Belzer was the warm-up comedian for Saturday Night Live, and appeared multiple times on its early seasons in bit parts.
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