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[Peak]

http://www.foxnews.c...,142819,00.html



Undrar vad som kommer att hända med den nya Law & Order-spinoffen nu...

Absolut den bästa L&O-karaktären.

Edited by Garm, 25 February 2016 - 23:57.
Tillägg av tagg.

[Georgia]

Visste inte ens att han var sjuk.

Undrar om dom kommer att visa avsnittena som redan är inspelade och göra något slags 'avslut' för honom, som dom gjorde i 8 Simple Rules.

[StarBld]

Väldigt tråkigt att höra. Han var den bästa karaktären i Law & Order.

[Marie Morot]

'Law & Order' Star Jerry Orbach Dies at  69
By FRAZIER  MOORE, AP




NEW  YORK (Dec. 29) - Actor Jerry Orbach, who played a sardonic, seen-it-all
cop on  TV's ''Law & Order'' and scored on Broadway as a song-and-dance man,
has  died of prostate cancer at 69, a representative of the show said
Wednesday.
Orbach died Tuesday night in Manhattan after several weeks  of treatment,
Audrey Davis of the public relations agency Lippin Group said.
When his illness was diagnosed, he had begun production on  NBC's upcoming
spinoff ''Law & Order: Trial By Jury,'' after 12 seasons  playing Detective
Lennie Briscoe in the original series. His return to the new  show had been
expected early next year.
On Broadway, Orbach starred in hit musicals including  ''Carnival,''
''Promises, Promises'' (for which he won a Tony Award),  ''Chicago'' and ''42nd
Street.''
Earlier, he was in the original cast of the  off-off-Broadway hit ''The
Fantasticks,'' playing the narrator. The show went on  to run for more than 40
years.
Lights on Broadway marquees were expected to be dimmed for  one minute at
curtain time Wednesday night in Orbach's memory.
Among his film appearances were roles in ''Dirty Dancing,''  ''Prince of the
City'' and ''Crimes and Misdemeanors.'' In the animated feature  ''Beauty and
the Beast,'' he voiced the role of the candlestick, and got to sing  a key
song, ''Be Our Guest.''
Orbach is expected to appear in early episodes of ''Law  & Order: Trial by
Jury,'' for which he continued as Briscoe in a secondary  role, when the show
premieres later this season, Davis said.
''I'm immensely saddened by the passing of not only a  friend and colleague,
but a legendary figure of 20th century show business,''  said Dick Wolf,
creator and executive producer of the ''Law & Order''  series, in a statement. ''He
was one of the most honored performers of his  generation. His loss is
irreplaceable.''
With his hang-dog face and  loose-limbed gait, Orbach was adept at playing
the street-smart tough guy, but  could also dance and carry a tune. And not only
was he a beloved star, he also  personified New York's well-worn but
implacable edge. A lifelong New Yorker, he  inhabited and embodied the city like few
other actors.
Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani called Orbach ''a friend to  all New Yorkers''
and ''a devoted ambassador of the city.''
Born in the Bronx in 1935, Orbach was the son of a  vaudeville-performer
father and a radio-singer mother. He started his acting  career in school plays,
then attended Northwestern University's prestigious  drama school, though he
couldn't swing the money to finish. In 1955, he returned  to New York to hit the
stage.
He began an association with producer David Merrick,  appearing in three of
Merrick's biggest musical successes, starting in 1961 with  ''Carnival,'' in
which he played an embittered puppeteer opposite Anna Maria  Alberghetti's
winsome Lili.
Orbach won a Tony for his performance in Merrick's  ''Promises, Promises,''
the Neil Simon-Burt Bacharach-Hal David musical based on  the film ''The
Apartment.'' In the show, Orbach played Chuck Baxter, the role  originated in the
movie by Jack Lemmon.
Yet his biggest hit for Merrick was ''42nd Street,'' which  opened on
Broadway in 1980 and ran for more than 3,400 performances. In the  show, which is
based on the classic Warner Bros. backstage movie musical, Orbach  played
hard-boiled producer Julian Marsh, who brings the young dancer out of the  chorus to
replace the show's ailing star.
Orbach also was in the original production of ''Chicago''  in 1975, which
also starred Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera. He played Billy Flynn,  the role Rich
ard Gere inherited in the 2002 film.
Orbach is survived by his second wife, Elaine, whom he met  doing ''Chicago''
and married in 1979, and grown sons Chris and Tony from his  first marriage.
12/29/04 11:13 EST