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Richard Foronjy dead at 86: Actor who specialized in playing cops after serving time in New York prisons passes away

Richard Foronjy, who appeared in films such as Midnight Run, Repo Man and Carlito's Way, died on Sunday at age 86.

Foronjy in the 1984 film Repo Man starring Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton played rent-a-cop Arnold Plettschner and had a memorable speech. Foronjy also had numerous TV credits including: Who's the Boss, Murphy's Law, Silver Spoons, The Jeffersons, Cagney & Lacy and Hill St. Blues. Foronjy had a starring role as a police officer in director Sidney Lumet's 1981 epic crime drama Prince Of The City and is shown in a scene with Jerry Orbach

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