Belzer’s friend tweeted the news. Didn’t realize the Munch character crossed over on so many shows including X-Files.

Big fan of his stand up, appearances on Howard Stern, and Homicide. RIP.

I liked him on Homicide. Never watched L&O.

Saw him at a Springsteen show once.

Damn. Terrible news. He's one of those actors that was always there that it's as if I grew up watching him. I know I hadn't seen him in anything new for a long time, but this still hits hard. I'll miss him.

Weird, I was just catching up on Henry Winkler yesterday and learned from that he and Richard were cousins. Very recognizable in a lot of things.

Sad news. I never watched many shows that he appeared in but he seemed like an ok guy and seems to have been around forever.

Is Belzer the guy that got choked out on live TV by some wrestler he was interviewing or am I thinking of someone else?

Wow. I never knew that.

I wonder if SVU will do a tribute to him this season. It is short notice and they are probably close to wrapping the season. His character Munch retired several years ago.

Yes, by Hulk Hogan. Hogan choked him out and then let him fall to the ground and Belzer hit his head. Ended up suing Hogan and settled out of court.

A good interview i found centered partially around one of his favorite topics, conspiracy theories

I stopped watching SVU a long time ago. Liked his character though. RIP.

That's great. I hope that is true.

To me he’ll always be Joe Kline, voice of the city.

I started watching SVU before I watched Homicide. So Munch wasn't that iconic to me at first. That changed when I started with Homicide, really great character.

Weird. Just last night I was watching the first episode of Saturday Night Live from 1975, and saw Richard Belzer sitting on a jury during a courtroom sketch.

And then I found myself wondering if he was still alive or if he had died and I forgot about it since we've had so many celebrity deaths in the past decade or so.

Raquel Welch, Stella Stevens, and now Richard Belzer. Anyone who hooked up with Jim Brown back in the day is falling like dominoes.

Last week’s episode of L&O SVU mentioned that Munch had moved back to Baltimore.

First met Munch on Homicide, and I enjoyed following his career from Baltimore up to NY Marked out seeing him pop up on X-Files. I stopped watching SVU a few years after Munch left. I always really enjoyed the humor that he would inject into even the worst cases.

The Munch and L&O Briscoe encounters were always good.

Wow, the John Munch character has appeared in over 10 different shows.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Munch

Always liked seeing him on talk shows and watched him on Homicide during its original run. It was cool seeing Munch live on long after the show ended.

He used to go on Howard Stern's radio show a lot. He was also the stand-up comic in Scarface right before they start shooting the club up. He starts making fun of the Latinos in the audience.

Another clip I came across and enjoyed is this interview between Belzer and Gilbert Godfried. Whole thing is enjoyable but the bit they clip for the opening is very funny and cracks Belzer up hard.

Rip