or was it the fourth?\'"However, one scene in the first season won\'t leave his memory. But then I ask myself, \'Was that season three. The major breakthrough: Andy finally agreed to let "gay John" baby-sit Andy\'s son, Theo.Such side story lines have given Andy a realism uncommon among the predictable soap-opera characters that glut prime-time drama.While Franz can easily recall specific episodes, the years tend to run together."I easily remember scenes from particularly well-done episodes. Later, Andy\'s bigotry subsided — a little.Andy also was quietly hostile to gay police clerk John Irvin (Bill Brochtrup) until he began to understand that John\'s lifestyle didn\'t mean he was a pervert. Some of the best story lines dealt with Andy\'s confrontations with his proud black superior, Lt. For example, it was Franz\'s idea that Andy should wed lawyer Sylvia Costas (Sharon Lawrence) and father a child.In the early seasons, Andy was a raging bigot. He\'s been involved in numerous decisions regarding Andy\'s life. I\'m grateful to have had the opportunity to play such a character."Franz has done much more than learn his lines. And that\'s tough to do over a 12-season run. "But the writing staff has been right on target, while keeping his basic personality intact.
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We want to go out while our viewers still care."Always the antithesis of his gruff, prickly TV character, Franz quickly compliments the producer, writers and his fellow actors, whom he believes have made Andy a consistent character and kept the series in focus."Andy has been through a lot of stuff physically and emotionally," Franz says. "The series has had a good run — longer than anyone expected. And Andy has gone through countless short-sleeved dress shirts — a wardrobe trademark.There\'s no doubt that after ABC\'s "NYPD Blue" airs its 262nd and final episode March 1, Andy Sipowicz will be remembered as one of television\'s most compelling characters."He\'ll always be part of me," Dennis Franz says.And Franz will remain part of TV history as the only performer to win four Emmy awards as best dramatic actor for playing the same role."But the time has come for Andy to leave the screen — except, of course, in reruns," Franz says. Andy Jr., who became a police officer after reconciling with his father, was killed in the line of duty.Andy has had three detective partners and three lieutenant supervisors (with whom he\'s bitterly quarreled), and faced innumerable internal-affairs investigators (who have tried to end Andy\'s police career).He\'s mumbled "sorry for your loss" and gruffly asked "how\'s it goin\'?" innumerable times. From the time he was little, he never knew a stranger and his goal in life was to make people happy.In his 12 years working out of New York\'s 15th Precinct, Detective Andy Sipowicz has been shot three times, survived prostate cancer and battled alcoholism.He\'s had three wives and watched in agony while one was gunned down in a courtroom.Andy has sired three children. His sister Kali Majors-Raglin, also a former child actor, described her brother as “a loving, artistic, brilliant, and kind human being” who “took great joy and pride in his acting career. Interagency Council on Homelessness, visited the homeless facility Hilda Solis Care First Village, where the actor resided. Mayor Karen Bass and Jeff Olivet, executive director of the U.S. Last week, Majors was photographed for a Los Angeles Daily News article when L.A. He starred in the 2007 TV-movie An Accidental Christmas. He died at a Los Angeles homeless facility of suspected fentanyl poisoning.įollowing his years on NYPD Blue, Majors made guest appearances on According to Jim, American Dad!, Desperate Housewives, and How I Met Your Mother. Majors was a busy child actor of the 1990s and early 2000s best known for his seven-season role as Theo. “Although we haven’t stayed in touch since the show ended in 2005, I will always remember him fondly.
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