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Sundown17 · 12-30-2004, 06:31 AM

Very sad news. I enjoyed L&O because of Jerry Orbach.

He also did the voice for Lumiere in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Quite the versatile actor. He will be missed.

quote:Originally posted by Auburn Annie:
For those of you who are L&O fans, Jerry Orbach (Det. Lennie Briscoe) has died of prostate cancer. Jerry was the quintessential, Bronx-born New Yorker, both as a "cop" on L&O and stage performer. He was the original narrator in "The Fantasticks" (which ran off-Broadway for about 40 years), and was in many musicals including "Chicago" (the original Billy Flynn, 1975), "Promises, Promises" for which he won a Tony, and "42nd Street" among many others. He also did scores of films (Baby's father in "Dirty Dancing") and TV appearances other than Law and Order. He will be missed by a lot of folks.

12-30-2004, 06:31 AM	#4
Sundown17 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 153	Very sad news. I enjoyed L&O because of Jerry Orbach. He also did the voice for Lumiere in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Quite the versatile actor. He will be missed. quote:Originally posted by Auburn Annie: For those of you who are L&O fans, Jerry Orbach (Det. Lennie Briscoe) has died of prostate cancer. Jerry was the quintessential, Bronx-born New Yorker, both as a "cop" on L&O and stage performer. He was the original narrator in "The Fantasticks" (which ran off-Broadway for about 40 years), and was in many musicals including "Chicago" (the original Billy Flynn, 1975), "Promises, Promises" for which he won a Tony, and "42nd Street" among many others. He also did scores of films (Baby's father in "Dirty Dancing") and TV appearances other than Law and Order. He will be missed by a lot of folks.