Actor and comedian Richard Belzer was remembered on Saturday Night Live with a special title card following his death on February 19.
Belzer passed on at the age of 78 from complications of unspecified circulatory and respiratory conditions. Belzer was the warm-up comedian for Saturday Night Live and appeared multiple times playing bit parts during the show’s early seasons.
In the show’s premiere episode, which aired on October 11, 1975, Belzer also played a juror in an uncredited role. In Season 2, Belzer famously stood in for Chevy Chase for an episode while Chase was having surgery.
He is most notably known for his portrayal of Detective John Munch in Homicide: Life on the Street, a cop drama series that debuted in 1993.
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