Richard Belzer, Law & Order: SVU Star and Comedian, Dead at 78

Richard Belzer, Law & Order: SVU Star and Comedian, Dead at 78 Image Credit : Google

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[{"selector":"#anim-81ed572c-a4e3-47f4-a3b4-cbf537f4a5e4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3f6459a0-887e-44d0-b945-7d76f4f7f77b","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 175.29243%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-372ac309-c9a2-4cca-896b-5eabd3bb0767 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] Belzer made his big screen debut in the The Groove Tube (1974). Image Credit : Google

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[{"selector":"#anim-ae4cc8c3-2851-4993-ab73-9b08c98b3def","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b3511030-e596-4978-9526-734d2767a639","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 200.38988%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c14e335a-eacf-4e1a-bb5a-36c337902877 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] In between those two NBC dramas, Belzer portrayed the same jaded and acerbic police force member on eight other programs. Image Credit : Google