Career
They met several years earlier while appearing together in the original Broadway theatre production of the Kander & Ebb musical, Chicago. They also co-starred in a touring production of Neil Simon"s play, Chapter Two. Following his death in 2004, she petitioned to have a portion of 53rd Street at Eighth Avenue, in New York City"s Theater District (and near his long-time home), renamed "Jerry Orbach Way".
lieutenant was rechristened in 2007.
She died on April 1, 2009, at age 69, from pneumonia in a hospital in New York City. Her younger stepson, Chris Orbach, is married with one son, Aaron.