Chris Orbach as a boy with older brother Tony and dad Jerry. Chris is blasting away at Jerry’s widow Elaine for everything from bequeathing him not much more than a pool cue from the $10 million estate to “shucking out” his father’s eyes for donation.
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Jerry Orbach and his eyes were featured in a popular subway ad. Chris Orbach did a voiceover for an Eye Bank ad, but “only to stay on Elaine’s good side.” Eventually, he asked the bank to use another actor’s voice.
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Jerry Orbach, aka “Detective Lennie Briscoe,” with wife Elaine Cancilla-Orbach.
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In an interview with the post Orbach, an actor and musician, said he regrets that the his feud with his stepmother has become public but stands by his letter.
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Chris Orbach said he “saw red” when his father’s will was read to him. “There were trusts set aside for us, but they do not revert to us until Elaine passes away,” he said.
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Elaine Orbach at the unveiling of a new sign designating West 53rd Street at 8th Avenue “Jerry Orbach Way.” Chris Meloni, Richard Belzer and Richard Klein all supported her.
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Elaine Orbach memorial service in New York for her husband.
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Elaine Orbach accepts her husband’s posthumous Screen Actors Guild Award.
