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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Actor Dennis Farina Dead


Dennis Farina
Dennis Farina

Actor Dennis Farina, police officer turned star of "Law & Order," has died at 69.

It was confirmed by his publicist Monday. Dennis Farina, was the police officer turned star of TV's Law & Order.

Lori De Waal, his representative, says Farina died Monday morning in a Scottsdale, Ariz., hospital after suffering a blood clot in his lung. He was 69.

Farina was born in Chicago in 1944 and served on the city's police force for 18 years.

He appeared in films including Get Shorty, Saving Private Ryan, Midnight Run and countless TV shows.

Among his many TV portrayals was Det. Joe Fontana on Law & Order.

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