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Richard Belzer

Born

in Bridgeport, Connecticut, The United States

August 04, 1944

Died

February 19, 2023

Website

http://www.ibelz.com/

Genre

Nonfiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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Richard Jay Belzer was an actor, a stand-up comedian, and author. He is best known for his role as Detective John Munch on Homicide: Life on the Street and Law and Order: SVU.

Belzer authored four books, the last two of which were a crime fiction series co-written with Michael Black that featured Belzer as the mystery-solving protagonist. I’m Not a Cop, the first of the two, was published in 2008, followed by the sequel, I’m Not a Psychic, in 2009. Belzer penned UFOs, JFK and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don’t Have to Be Crazy to Believe in 2000, and co-authored How to Be a Standup Comic in 1988 with “Borat” director and writer, Larry Charles, and Catch a Rising Star owner Rick Newman.

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	Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses to the JFK Assassination by Richard Belzer, David Wayne 3.84 avg rating — 798 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	UFOs, JFK & Elvis: Conspiracies You Don't Have to Be Crazy to Believe 3.57 avg rating — 834 ratings — published 1999 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Wrong: Straight Facts on the Country's Most Controversial Cover-Ups by Richard Belzer, David Wayne (Goodreads Author), Jesse Ventura (Afterword) 3.67 avg rating — 742 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am Not a Cop! by Richard Belzer, Michael Black 3.29 avg rating — 426 ratings — published 2008 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Someone Is Hiding Something: What Happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370? by Richard Belzer, David Wayne, George Noory 3.60 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Wrong 2: Diana, Princess of Wales by Richard Belzer, David Wayne 3.86 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am Not a Psychic! 3.19 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Be a Stand-Up Comic by Richard Belzer, Larry Charles, Rick Newman 3.02 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Corporate Conspiracies: How Wall Street Took Over Washington by Richard Belzer, David Wayne 3.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conversations With Jerry Lewis it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Do you know what happens when you play a country song backwards? You get your wife back, your dog back and your job back.”
― Richard Belzer

tags: back, country, cynical, cynical-humor, dog, funny, humor, job, music, mystery, sarcastic, weird, wife

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“U.S. Intelligence Examiner Fred Burks of Berkeley, California, has investigated whether the CIA is capable of inducing heart attacks as a method of assassination, and based on the evidence, concluded that they have had that capability for many decades.”
― Richard Belzer, Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation Into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses to the JFK Assassination

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“• Officer Tippit was reportedly shot with an automatic and Oswald was carrying a revolver.”
― Richard Belzer, Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation Into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses to the JFK Assassination

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