Actor and comedian, Richard Belzer, long-time actor from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit has died. The news first broke from long-time friend and fellow actress and comedian Laraine Newman’s social media page.

Blezer stared as police detective John Munch in the Law & Order series and is the only character who appeared in eleven TV shows.

Belzer retired from acting in 2016 at age 71 and played the character of John Munch for 23 years (1993-2016).