In January 1994 (less than two years into his stint on Law & Order), Orbach was diagnosed with prostate cancer [REF].
The day after Orbach's death, the marquees on Broadway were dimmed in mourning, one of the highest honors of the American theatre world,[REF] while NBC re-aired the Law & Order episode "C.O.D." (the last episode of the original series to feature Orbach) in honor of him.