Goodbye, Lennie.

December 29, 2004

Actor Jerry Orbach, a.k.a. Lennie Briscoe, has died at 69 of prostate cancer. 

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"I'm immensely saddened by the passing of not only a friend and colleague, but a legendary figure of 20th-century show business...  He was one of the most honored performers of his generation. His loss is irreplaceable."

- Dick Wolf , Executive Producer, Law & Order

"Orbach's long-time "Law & Order" co-star, S. Epatha Merkerson, remembered him "as a real good guy who knew everything and everybody. He had a real lust for life and the work he did, and it permeated throughout the set.""

- NBC.com