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‘L.A. Law’ Actor Alan Rachins Dies at 82

Emmy-nominated actor Alan Rachins died of heart failure at the age of 82 on Saturday, November 2

His wife, actress Joanna Frank, confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter, saying Rachins died in his sleep of heart failure in the early morning hours of Saturday, November 2, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The NBC show was cocreated by his late brother-in-law Steven Bochco, a renowned TV writer-producer, who reportedly had Rachins in mind for the McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney & Kuzak cofounder. He also appeared as Tony Moss, the cruel director of the topless dance revue at the Stardust Casino, in Paul Verhoeven ’s film Showgirls(1995) and as Fred Rutherford in Leave It to Beaver(1997).

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