RIP: Richard Belzer Who Played a JFK Detective in Real Life

A comedian turned cop whose pursuit of 'Law and Order" took him to Dallas

Feb 23, 2023

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Richard Belzer, the wiry, bespectacled comedian best known for his two-decade-long stint in “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” as the cynical, world-weary detective John Munch who, among myriad suspicions, didn’t believe the official story of the JFK assassination, died at his home in France on February 19 at age 78.

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