Law & Order star dies at 69

ACTOR Dennis Farina ( a former Chicago policeman who played a TV cop on during a long career, has died at the age of 69.

His publicist, Lori de Waal, said he died in hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona, after suffering a blood clot in his lung.

In a 2007 interview he said: “Sometimes you can take those dramatic roles and maybe interject a little humour into them, and I think the reverse also works.

“One of the funny things in life to me is a guy who takes himself very seriously.”

Farina’s movies include