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In 2005, the Lennie Briscoe character was written out after the second episode of Trial By Jury, coinciding with Orbach's death on December 28, 2004, from prostate cancer. [2] The character's departure from the show was originally to be in the episode "Baby Boom" in which members of the DA's office attend a memorial service for him.
They divorced in 1975. [1] Elder son Tony is a construction manager and an accomplished crossword puzzle constructor who has published more than 25 puzzles in The New York Times. [19] Younger son Chris Orbach is an actor and a singer; he played Lennie Briscoe's nephew Ken Briscoe during the first season of Special Victims Unit.
Law & Order is known for its revolving cast, as most of its original stars had left the show within the first five seasons. [1] The longest serving main cast members of the original series include Jerry Orbach as Det. Lennie Briscoe (1992–2004), S. Epatha Merkerson as Lt. Anita Van Buren (1993–2010) and Sam Waterston as EADA/DA Jack McCoy ...
Unfortunately, one cast member was noticeably absent — Lennie Briscoe, who was played by Jerry Orbach. Orbach died of cancer in 2004, six years before the original series finale.
A 2004 retrospective on the Lennie Briscoe character, aired after Orbach's death earlier that year, noted that some fans "were never able to move beyond Chris Noth's Mike Logan as Briscoe's partner", and that in adjusting to having Briscoe as his new partner, "Logan was even more gruff than Briscoe". [29]
In May 2004, it was announced that Dennis Farina would be replacing Jerry Orbach (Detective Lennie Briscoe) as Detective Joe Fontana. Having moved over to the third Law & Order spin-off, Law & Order: Trial by Jury , Orbach only filmed two episodes of the series before his death in December 2004 Season 14 was released on DVD, September 14, 2004 ...
Jerry Orbach as Lennie Briscoe, a DA investigator. Briscoe was the longest-serving police detective of the original Law & Order. Orbach succumbed to cancer over two months before the show's premiere, and he only appeared in the first two episodes of the series. From episode 3 onward, he is never seen or mentioned again for the remainder of the ...
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