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'Law & Order' Star Dies
Topic Started: Dec 29 2004, 09:29 PM (59 Views)
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?t...storyID=7202037


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jerry Orbach, acclaimed as a quintessential New York actor for his work on Broadway, in films and as the star of television's "Law & Order," has died from cancer. He was 69.

Orbach, whose best-known films included "Prince of the City," "Crimes and Misdemeanors" and "Dirty Dancing," announced he was being treated for prostate cancer earlier this month.

He died at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center late on Tuesday, a hospital spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

Dick Wolf, creator and producer of "Law & Order," called Orbach "a legendary figure of 20th century show business, who was a star of screen, stage and television."

Orbach starred for 12 seasons in the original "Law & Order" television series as Detective Lennie Briscoe and was set to star in a new spinoff in March.

NBC said production on the spinoff will continue. Orbach will still be seen in "Law & Order: Trial By Jury." Six episodes of the show are already filmed, with Orbach featuring in two or three of them.

"That character will forever be Jerry's," said Audrey Davis, a spokeswoman for the producers of the show. No decision had been made on how to write Briscoe out of the show.

A lanky actor with a deep voice and a slicked mop of dark hair, Orbach first made his name on Broadway, winning a Tony for "Promises, Promises." He created the role of Billy Flynn in "Chicago" and was in the original cast of "42nd Street." .....




That's sad to hear.

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Mallory Beldevere
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Yeah it is! He was awesome!
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I see the next episode of L&O is a parody of the NBA brawl from November.
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I seen those previews, it looks good.
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