Private: Law and Order Actor Dead at 69

Jerry Orbach, who played (among other roles) cop Lenny Briscoe in Law & Order, died Tuesday of prostate cancer in Manhattan after undergoing several weeks of treatment. He was 69.
Despite his illness, Mr. Orbach had started production on Law and Order: Trial by Jury, a spin-off show he joined after a dozen seasons as Lennie Briscoe.
Mr. Orbach joined Law & Order in 1995, its third season, and was nominated for an Emmy. He once said of the detective that he didn't know "where I stop and Lennie starts, really... . I know he's tougher than me and he carries a gun. And I'm not an alcoholic. I know I wouldn't want to be him. I guess that's where I stop and he starts."