Richard Belzer, comedian and former “Law & Order” star, died at age 78 at his home in France, said his friend and his manager.
Belzer “passed away peacefully” on Sunday morning local time at his home, said manager Eric Gardner in a statement to several media outlets.
“He passed at home early this morning in the south of France—in his home in the south of France—with his family around him,” writer Bill Scheft, a longtime friend of the actor, said in a statement to outlets.
When speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, Scheft, a former writer for the “Late Show with David Letterman,” said that Belzer suffered from a number of health issues….