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September 23, 12:07 AM

Jerry Orbach Special

Lori - Nothing would give me greater pleasure. Jerry was not only a colleague bu t a friend. His last day at work was 3 days before he died. I'd love the opportunity to do a special about him because of his body of work...they talk about triple threats, but he is the only actor I can think of who is truly a star of Stage, Screen and TV. An Emmy-nominated, Tony-winning actor of incredible stature. The fact that he posthumously won the SAG...it was an award that came way too late. He was universally loved and is universally missed.

As to the Ludacris episode - I wish I could remember all 672 episodes of all three shows, but I can't. Email Neal Baer, he'll know.

COMMENTS

I'm going to miss Orbach, but the really irreparable loss was steven hill's one

I miss Orbach so much, but the really irreparable loss was schiff's one.

jonny

Was it ever mentioned on the show that he had died? I don't recall anything in a story about it.

The "Biography" special on Jerry was awesome. I miss him too.

Wish some of the newbies had his presence.

Awe I loved how the whole room cheered for him at the Emmy's that year. Over everyone else. I didn't expect that, it was great.

I miss Jerry! I would love to see a new episode having something special referring back to him.

Jerry was great! He and Jesse L. Martin were great together on the show.

What a truly exceptional versatile actor. I did not know until he died that Jerry Orbach played on stage the part Richard Gere played in the movie Chicago. And of course, he was the voice of the amorous candelabra in Beauty and the Beast. But to me he will always be Lenny Briscoe (and Baby's dad).

I'd also love a Jerry special too!

i remember hearing the news and my heart sank. i feel in love with him from your show. and the cancer hit close to home too. he is truly missed

I'd love to see an episode somehow involving Huntington's disease. Mariska/Benson made a comment about it in the episode about "catching the train" Since my father has it, I obviously wouldn't want to see an episode where the disease has degenerated a persons brain so much they commit a crime. Maybe something like the thing that happened several years ago, a woman who had watched her husband and her eldest son die over a 20 year period of Huntingtons walked into a nursing home and killed her other 2 sons to save them the pain of the disease.. for more info The Huntington's Disease Societ of America is good (HDSA)

Please do something on Jerry! Please!

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