Jerry Orbach, of Law and Order - died

[Ladskater]

One of my favorite actors from the series Law and Order - Jerry Orbach - who played Detective Lenny Briscoe, died on Tues. He was 69. He will be missed.

 

[Kuchana]

That's horrible I'm definitely going to miss him on L&O

 

[iluvtodd]

Even though I never stayed up late enough to watch Law & Order, I was very fond of Jerry Orbach as the father/doctor in Dirty Dancing. I loved his role as the voice talent of Lumiere (my favorite character in the Disney movie) in "Beauty & the Beast." He was too young to pass away, how sad I will certainly miss him.

 

[NJSk8Fan]

I, too, know him best as "Baby's" Dad in Dirty Dancing....
I was shocked to hear he'd passed, I'd previously heard his cancer had been discovered early and he was expected to make a full recovery. My Dad, at 74, was successfully treated for prostate cancer, so I thought Jerry had a great chance....
Very sad news.

 

[Ladskater]

I, too, know him best as "Baby's" Dad in Dirty Dancing....
I was shocked to hear he'd passed, I'd previously heard his cancer had been discovered early and he was expected to make a full recovery. My Dad, at 74, was successfully treated for prostate cancer, so I thought Jerry had a great chance....
Very sad news.

Also he was on Broadway and was in the original stage production of "Chicago." He had the role as Billy Flynn played by Richard Gere in the movie. Jerry Orbach was very talented, indeed.

 

[VIETgrlTerifa]

For those of you with high-speed internet, you can hear him singing "Try to Remember" in the Fantasticks, the longest running Off-Broadway show ever.

http://www.xsao.net/Broadway/Fantasticks/

His voice was just wonderful, and his Billy Flynn has been the standard on Broadway.

 

[katherine2001]

I will miss him very much. I remember that he had a recurring role on "Murder She Wrote" as well. I saw him in so many things over the years, and I thought he was such a good actor. He did everything from dramas to musicals. He was very versatile. I was looking forward to seeing him in the new "Law and Order" series he was supposed to be in.

I will miss him a lot and my thoughts and prayers are with his family.

 

[BronzeisGolden]

Oh, how sad! I didn't even know about this. My older sister forced me to watch "Dirty Dancing" 87 times.....I loved him as Jennifer Grey's father. I also got to catch him in a couple of "Law and Order" episodes and really enjoyed him. What a shame!

 

[IDLERACER]

Him and Artie Shaw on the same day. Of course, Mr. Shaw was 94 years old.​