Our Cop, Our Beer
“Dennis Farina, a Chicago native and police officer who turned to acting, has died at 69 in Arizona, his publicist said today.
“Farina, best known as detective Joe Fontana on the long-running TV series Law & Order, suffered a blood clot in his lung, publicist Lori De Waal said.
“Farina was an 18-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, a detective who moonlighted on Chicago theater stages and in small movie roles. In the 1980s he was on the NBC television series Crime Story.”
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RIP, Dennis Farina… Chicago’s own, real-life Chicago cop (18 years), and a Chicago show (at first, anyway): http://t.co/mgnLTaSNBP
— Old Style (@OldStyleChicago) July 22, 2013
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VIDEO: Dennis Farina defends Chicago’s cheap, delicious beer from New York and Los Angeles. http://t.co/QwKSHyfV03
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) July 22, 2013
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PHOTO: Dennis Farina appeared in a @WBBMNewsradio photo back in the day. Look closely at the cop car. #Chicago pic.twitter.com/WKQDoSB501
— Steve Grzanich (@SteveGrzanich) July 22, 2013
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See also: Dennis Farina’s Wikipedia page.
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Comments welcome.
Posted on July 22, 2013