Richard Belzer "Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses to the JFK Assassination"

Richard Belzer, familiar to most as Detective John Munch from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, will discuss his new book "Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses to the JFK Assassination" co-authored with David Wayne.

Registration is required. Tickets are free for NPC members and $5.00 for non-members. The author will only sign copies purchased through the National Press Club. This event is a fundraiser for the National Press Club Journalism Institute.

Richard Belzer and David Wayne are back to set the record straight. This time they’re going to uncover the truth about the many witness deaths tied to the JFK assassination. For decades, government pundits have dismissed these "coincidental" deaths, even regarding them as myths as urban legends.

Like most people, Richard and David were initially unsure about what to make of these "coincidences". After all, events don’t "consult the odds" prior to happening; they simply happen. Then someone comes along later and figures out what the odds of it happening were. Some of the deaths seemed purely coincidental; heart attacks, hunting accidents. Others clearly seemed noteworthy; witnesses who did seem to know something and did seem to die mysteriously. "Hit List" is an examination of the evidence of each case, leading to (necessarily) different conclusions.

Richard Belzer is a stand-up comedian, actor and author. He is currently cast and best known for his role as John Munch on the hit NBC show, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He has written such books as "UFOs, JFK, and Elvis" (2000), and the novels "I Am Not a Cop!" (2009) and "I Am Not a Psychic!" (2010).

David Wayne grew up in the Chicago area during a period of tumultuous change in the 1960s, which fueled his interest in contemporary history. After attending college in the Midwest, he spent many years at Stanford University as an independent research consultant. He is now an investigative journalist with over twenty-five years of evidence-based research experience, with a specialty in the microanalysis of media events. He makes his home in Bogotá, Colombia, with his wife, Marta, and their daughter, Nikki.