"Crazy doesn't mean stupid. My ex-wife's living proof of that."

Hope everyone had a nice Christmas. Sadly, there was not much joy in the world with the tsunami that killed tens of thousands with the death toll spiraling endlessly. Then we received another dose of bad news yesterday, when the AP reported that Jerry Orbach passed away from prostate cancer at the age of 69.

Jerry had a celebrated career on Broadway as well as in numerous films (including Dirty Dancing of all things), but he will be forever known for his role as wisecracking detective Lennie Briscoe on Law & Order, a character he played for 13 seasons and one of the best characters ever on television. C’mon, who didn’t love Lennie? I can think of about a hundred awesome one-liners besides the one at the top of the page.

Jerry was not a young man, but at the same time you cannot help but feel he was taken much too soon. Although he will certainly live on and on through the endless L&O reruns on TNT.