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Richard Belzer, an actor known for his role as Detective John Munch on “Law & Order,” has passed away at the age of 78.<\/p>\n

“He passed at home<\/a> early this morning in the south of France \u2014 in his home in the south of France \u2014 with his family around him,” writer Bill Scheft, a longtime friend of the actor, confirmed to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

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“He had lots of health issues, and his last words were, ‘F— you, motherf—er,'” Scheft, a former writer for “Late Show with David Letterman,” told The Hollywood Reporter of Belzer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I’m so sad to hear of Richard Belzer’s passing. I loved this guy so much,” Laraine Newman, who was a cast member on “Saturday Night Live”<\/a> from 1975 to 1980, tweeted. “He was one of my first friends when I got to New York to do SNL. We used to go out to dinner every week at Sheepshead Bay for lobster. One of the funniest people ever. A master at crowd work. RIP dearest.”<\/p>\n

Belzer was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1983, The Baltimore Sun reported. That would eventually inspire his 1997 HBO comedy special Another Lone Nut.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During a 1985 incident on Belzer\u2019s talk show, Hulk Hogan<\/a> put him in a choke hold, causing Belzer to pass out and hit his head on the studio floor, PEOPLE reported. The two settled out of court after Belzer sued.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Belzer originated in the role of Munch on NBC’s Homicide: Life on the Street in 1993, later reprising the character in the Law & Order Special Victims Unit.<\/a> PEOPLE reported that he appeared in nearly 330 episodes of SVU between 1999 and 2013 and made two additional cameos in 2014 and 2016.<\/p>\n

He is survived by his wife, Harlee McBride. They married in 1985. The pair share no biological children, but McBride has two from a previous marriage, Jessica and Shannon Benton.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Also an author with a self-proclaimed interest in conspiracy theories, Belzer released a book in 2016 titled, “Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses to the JFK Assassination.”<\/a> Other books by the comedian include: UFOS, JFK and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don’t Have to be Crazy to Believe and Dead Wrong: Straight Facts on the Country’s Most Controversial Cover-Ups.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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