Actor Dennis Farina dies aged 69


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Dennis Farina -- who starred as Det. Joe Fontana on "Law & Order" -- died today in Scottsdale, Arizona after suffering a blood clot in his lung. He was 69.

Farina is a Hollywood legend -- who appeared in tons of classic films and TV shows including "Get Shorty," "Snatch" and "Midnight Run." He also appeared in HBO's series "Luck."

Farina -- who was born in Chicago in 1944 -- is survived by his 3 adult children from his marriage to Patricia Farina. They divorced in 1980. He also has two granddaughters and four grandsons.

Farina's rep says the actor is also survived by "the love of his life of 35 years, Marianne Cahill." The two were never married.

Before he became an actor, Farina was a cop with the Chicago Police Department from 1967 to 1985.

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My favorite lines:

 

Is this moron #1? Put moron #2 on the phone.

You and that other dummy had better start getting more personally involved in your work, or I'm gonna stab you through the heart with a ######in' pencil.

 

Sidney, relax. Have a cream soda. Everything?s gonna be over in a few minutes.

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No :( I really liked him as an actor though must admit I'm surprised he was actually that old - I had no idea :(

 

So that's both him and James Gandolfini dead - they were both in Get Shorty together which I loved! 

 

"It's Chilli inside, it's chilli outside - it's a regular ######ing chilli-fest!"

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I remember him as Jack Crawford, the lead FBI profiler to William Petersen's Will Graham in Michael Mann's Manhunter, the original version of Red Dragon. Great movie (y)

RIP Sir, enjoyed your work immensely

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He'll always be Bones to me..

 

E.g., i.e., ***k you. The point is, I say jump, you say okay. Okay?

 

No no no, ***k you ***kball. I mean, L.A is an open city, and I don't think I have to get permission from nobody for nothing.

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^ Welcome back -- it is not your time.  ;)

 

 

Everyone seems to have missed that Farina took over for a while on Unsolved Mysteries.

 

 

Pleasant journey Dennis ...

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Been a strange week.Thought about Mel Smith last week and he died. Thought about Farina yesterday, when I was thinking about the movie 'Snatch', now he's gone. Better not think about anyone else for a while.

 

I  liked him in "Midnight Run".

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