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Coin Toss — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 23:52:55 GMT

<br />When I workd at the Golden Nugget in Vegas he and some of the cast of series Crime Story used to come in and hang out at the lounge bar near the dice pit. <br />They gave their favorite tail waitresses Crime Story jackets, nice ones.

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MADDOG10 — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 19:33:10 GMT

Rest in Peace Dennis Farina. Another actor gone too soon.

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rdgrnr — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 19:12:32 GMT

Rest in Peace, Mr Farina.

Original Blog Entry: Dennis Farina dies at 69 after 'Law & Order' fame

Jani Norman — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 18:01:27 GMT

July 22, 2013 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A publicist says native Chicago actor Dennis Farina, the police officer turned star of ''Law Order,'' has died at 69.

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

Farina, originally from Chicago, got the Commitment to Chicago tribute in 2012 at the Chicago Film Critics annual awards.

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Farina insisted his 2011 film The Last Rites of Joe May be shot in Chicago.

The film was the main event at the 2011 Chicago International Film Festival. At the time, Farina told ABC7's Janet Davies that he's thrilled with his career.

I believe I'm the luckiest guy in the world, and I wake up and thank God for everything that's happening, you know, I don't take anything for granted, Farina said.

Born Feb. 29, 1944, in Chicago, he was a city police officer before turning to acting in his late 30s.

Farina appeared in films including Get Shorty, ''Saving Private Ryan and Midnight Run.

Among his many TV portrayals was Det. Joe Fontana on Law Order. He starred in the 1980s cult favorite, Crime Story and most recently was in the HBO drama series Luck.

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