Tributes have poured in for Law & Order: SVU star Richard Belzer, who died on the age of 78.
The beloved comic and actor is being remembered by his pals and colleagues after he reportedly died at residence in Southern France following well being problems.
Now Law & Order: SVU‘s important stars, Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni have led tributes to Belzer, who’s being remembered as “a dear friend” and “brother”.
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Paying tribute to Belzer, Meloni, who performed Sergeant Elliot Stable on the present, shared an previous picture of him with the actor, together with a candy goodbye.
“Richard “The Belz” Belzer. A beautiful soul, a dapper dresser, with the spirit of a child. Never met anyone like him, and I never will again. Ur last words have helped make ur passing easier to take,” he wrote.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Belzer saved to his blunt comedy model even in his last breaths, along with his last words being “F–k you, motherf––r,” in accordance with shut pal and comedy author Bill Scheft.
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Sharing a textual content publish to Instagram, Mariska Hargitay, who performs Captain Olivia Benson on the long-running collection, shared some candy words for her late pal.
“Goodbye my dear, dear friend,” she wrote. “I will miss you, your unique light, and your singular take on this strange world.”
The message continued, “I feel blessed to have known you and adored you and worked with you, side by side, for so many years. How lucky the angels are to have you. I can hear them laughing already. I love you so very much, now and forever.”
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Rapper Ice-T, who performs Fin Tutuola on Law & Order: SVU additionally shared a tribute.
“Highs and Lows… After one of the most amazing weeks of my life. I wake up to the news I lost my friend today,” the rapper revealed. “Belz is gone.. Damn it! But remember this..’When you ARE having real fun and are Truly Happy. ENJOY it to the fullest! Cause Pain is inevitably coming.’ I’ll miss you Homie.”
The rapper had obtained his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame only some days earlier.
Meantime Dean Winters, who performed Brian Cassidy, the accomplice to Belzer’s John Munch on the present, revealed his sorrow on the information.
“Richard Belzer was my brother,” he wrote. “We became fast friends in ’92 when I was a bartender, faster friends when I did my first job on NBC’s HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET and in 1998 he called me and said ‘baby, Dick Wolf is doing a new show called LAW and ORDER SVU and he wants me to be on it. I told Dick ‘Only if you make Dean Winters my partner, Brian Cassidy’ Baby, are you in?’ I was in.”
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He ended, “There aren’t a lot of people with class like that left. ‘Classe non e acqua’. Everyone can have water, not everyone can have class. Richard Belzer had class for days. I will miss this man very much.”
In an announcement, Law & Order creator Dick Wolf celebrated Belzer as an actor who “brought humor and joy into all our lives.”
“Richard Belzer’s Detective John Munch is one of television’s iconic characters,” the assertion reads. “I first worked with Richard on the ‘Law & Order’/’Homicide’ crossover and loved the character so much, I told Tom (Fontana) that I wanted to make him one of the original characters on ‘SVU.’ The rest is history.”
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