# Dennis Farina has died. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 22, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215 "2013-07-22T17:45:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/1 "2013-07-22T17:45:18Z")
[News here.](http://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/television/article/Publicist-Actor-Dennis-Farina-police-officer-4679485.php) He was 69. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/2 "2013-07-22T17:54:46Z")
Dang! Another Little Rascal gone. OK, just kidding. I know who [Dennis] Farina really is. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/3 "2013-07-22T17:56:44Z")
One of my all-time favorite shows in the 80s was CRIME STORY, which Farina was the lead of. That was a Michael Mann show and Farina had worked with him theatrically as well (THIEF, MANHUNTER). He brought real gravity to the show (it didn’t hurt that he used to be a real cop). He also was in two of the most entertaining films of the 90s as well–playing polar opposite characters in OUT OF SIGHT and GET SHORTY but being indispensable in both those roles. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/4 "2013-07-22T18:04:51Z")
He was certainly born to play his main character role of a tough guy on one side of the law or the other. RIP Dennis. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/5 "2013-07-22T18:06:03Z")
Loved him in “Minight Run” RIP ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/6 "2013-07-22T18:09:26Z")
I’ll always remember him from Crime Story, although of course he had a great career overall. Rest in peace Dennis. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/7 "2013-07-22T18:11:11Z")
Damn shame. He was always interesting to watch, even if what he was in, wasn’t. Incidentally, when I clicked on the link, the Google ad right above the picture of Farina in white tux with a martini read, “Is he cheating on you?” If he’s going out at night dressed like that? Yeah, probably. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/8 "2013-07-22T18:14:13Z")
Loved him in Snatch. One of the best castings for type ever. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/9 "2013-07-22T18:21:44Z")
He most recently was on New Girl playing one of the guy’s father. They won’t be having any replacement problems, though. He had one guest star appearance and then his character died. Still, damn. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/10 "2013-07-22T18:26:26Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > He most recently was on New Girl playing one of the guy’s father. They won’t be having any replacement problems, though. He had one guest star appearance and then his character died. > > Still, damn. Bad timing, had he died a few weeks back maybe he could have gotten a guest actor Emmy sympathy nomination nod. ☹ Chicago people (or Cubs fans) might also remember his Old Style ads. “It’s our beer, and they can’t have it.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/11 "2013-07-22T18:40:24Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Dang! Another Little Rascal gone. OK, just kidding. I know who [Dennis] Farina really is. That would be “Farina”, not “Alfalfa”-very funny.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/12 "2013-07-22T18:45:29Z")
He was so in The Little Rascals! [He just spent a lot of t ime in the sun, is all.](http://somecamerunning.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5523026f58834010535f4e7fe970b-800wi) ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/13 "2013-07-22T18:46:36Z")
“You pull the trigger on Ray Barboni in a dream, you better wake up and apologize.” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/14 "2013-07-22T18:50:12Z")
Last time I watched **Snatch** I thought yannow, he’s gonna be gone soon and it’s gonna suck when that happens. And it does. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/15 "2013-07-22T19:06:02Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > Loved him in Snatch. One of the best castings for type ever. Aye, he was perfect for that role. Loved him in _Get Shorty_ as well. RIP, Mr. Farina. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/16 "2013-07-22T19:20:37Z")
I really enjoyed his all-too-short turn on Law & Order. He will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/17 "2013-07-22T19:22:58Z")
A tough few weeks for the supporting cast of “Get Shorty” (which I loved him in). Somebody should check in on Danny deVito and Gene Hackman. “They say the fucking smog is the fucking reason the fucking sunsets are so fucking beautiful.” ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/18 "2013-07-22T19:25:35Z")
Deja Vu for me, in a way. I thought he had died a year or so ago. Not sure what news story I heard that I misunderstood, but I was sure he was dead. Bummed me out, I really liked the grittiness he brought to a role. Then I find out he’s not dead. Yay!!! Now, shit, he’s dead. To me, he was born to play the L&O character, the tough cop who has to fight himself to stay on the right side of the regulations. RIP Dennis. Goddamnit. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/19 "2013-07-22T19:35:33Z")
Crime Story: first cop show I ever really liked, and it was because of Farina. So sad to learn he’s gone. TV won’t be the same without him. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/20 "2013-07-22T19:55:40Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > A tough few weeks for the supporting cast of “Get Shorty” (which I loved him in). Somebody should check in on Danny deVito and Gene Hackman. Rene Russo’s been missing for years. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215.md?page=2)