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 today. 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, the Bronx-born Orbach starred in hit musicals including “Carnival,” “Promises, Promises,” (for which he won a Tony Award), “Chicago” and “42nd Street.”
Between my addiction to “Law & Order” and the dozens of times I watched “Dirty Dancing” growing up, I have probably seen this man on screen more than any other single actor. Somehow, he seemed immortal. I’ll miss him.
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