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Showbiz is in mourning following the death of legendary law and order detective John Munch. Richard Belzer

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who wore the suit of one of the most respected investigators on television, died last Sunday at the age of 78.

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The Yankee actor lived in Bozouls, in the south of France, and it was his cousin Henry Winkler who pronounced the sad event.

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"Rest in peace Richard," tweeted Belzer's cousin and also an actor, recognized for his roles in Happy Days or Barry.

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who wore the suit of one of the most respected investigators on television, died last Sunday at the age of 78.

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who, after hearing him at the Howard Stern expo, asked him to go back to the studios to study the script.

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 from the collection After doing so, the interpreter born in Bridgeport (Connecticut) joined the cast of the well-known fiction.

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Belzer first stepped into the shoes of John Munch in 1993, when he signed with Murder: Life on the Road, in which he starred in 122 episodes until 1999.

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After that, he could return to the cast of Law & Order, which was seized. joined in 1996 and stayed until the 2000s.

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But it became Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, that Belzer would reach the zenith of his reputation, and Munch's portrayal of him lasted for at least 17 years and 325 episodes.