Law & Order star Richard Belzer has died aged 78.
Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Belzer said he got into comedy by making his physically abusive mum laugh, as he said if he didn’t he would ‘get my a** kicked.’
He went on to work as a reporter for the Bridgeport Post and as a census taker before turning to comedy full-time after his dad took his life.Known for taking his dog with him everywhere he went with him when in moved to New York, by the early 1970s Belzer was a regular on the National Lampoon Radio Hour, alongside John Belushi, Chevy Chase and Bill Murray.
His TV career started after he took career advice from Jerry Lewis, and he started with minor roles in the 1990s before becoming a household name from 1993 when he first played Detective Munch in Homicide: Life on the Street. He became a renowned conspiracy theorist and was a regular on Alex Jones’ show – once referring to the Boston Marathon bombing as a false flag event.
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