posted on December 29, 2004 08:04:06 AM new
'Law & Order' Star Jerry Orbach Dies'Law & Order' Star Jerry Orbach Dies of Prostate Cancer at Age 69
NEW YORK Dec 29, 2004 — "Law & Order" star Jerry Orbach has died of prostate cancer at age 69, a representative of the show said. Orbach announced last month he had been diagnosed with the disease.
Orbach, 69, starred for 12 seasons in the original "Law & Order" series, but left to head the spin-off "Law & Order: Trial by Jury," set to debut next year.
His representatives had said Orbach was receiving treatment since spring, but refused to discuss how advanced the illness was or the nature of the treatment.
Orbach began playing Detective Lennie Briscoe in 1992, the original show's third season.
Born in the Bronx, he was in the original cast of the off-off-Broadway hit "The Fantasticks" and has appeared in such films as "Dirty Dancing," "Prince of the City" and "Crimes and Misdemeanors."
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
posted on December 29, 2004 08:12:08 AM new
I freely will cop to this one. Every Wednesday night I am glued to Law & Order (right after West Wing of course ) and usually 2-3 hours of my white noise television programming is L&O reruns. I drive people crazy because I not only know every plot line on the show but I also know what roles guest actors previously portrayed in earlier episodes (like Orbach portraying a lawyer in the first season before taking on the Brisco role in the third). I was looking forward to him in the new show. I'm still not quite used to Farina in the original.
I know who Jerry Orbach is because he is famous and I mourn his loss because for 12 years I have been throughly entertained by his work.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
posted on December 29, 2004 09:17:07 AM new
Thanks Replay.. he was the one I was thinking of.... I didn't watch the program, but I know it was popular.. Sorry to learn of his passing. Maggie
posted on December 29, 2004 10:56:40 AM new
That's sad Fenix.
I used to watch Law & Order when Jerry was on because Mr. Kraft looks just like Chris Noth. When we go out, people are always telling him he looks like the guy form L&O - it makes him mad!
) and usually 2-3 hours of my white noise television programming is L&O reruns. I drive people crazy because I not only know every plot line on the show but I also know what roles guest actors previously portrayed in earlier episodes (like Orbach portraying a lawyer in the first season before taking on the Brisco role in the third). I was looking forward to him in the new show. I'm still not quite used to Farina in the original.
