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Richard Belzer’s Brother Dead of Apparent Suicide

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NUP 146329 2177JPG?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1406738592622Richard Belzer pictured. (Art Streiber/NBC)(NEW YORK) — Leonard Belzer, the brother of comic and longtime Law & Order: SVU actor Richard Belzer, died of an apparent suicide Wednesday morning in New York City.

Belzer, 73, the older brother of 69-year-old Richard, jumped to his death from his apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side at around 6:45 a.m. ET, though there are reports he may have leaped from the roof. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

ABC News has learned that Belzer had been dealing with health problems, and reportedly left notes behind.


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