how did lenny briscoe leave law and order
Lennie Briscoe In the 2007 Criminal Intent episode "Renewal", Mike Logan mentions that Briscoe has died, but that he still sees him alive in his dreams.[37] In the 2008 Law & Order episode "Burn Card", Ed Green says that he returned to gambling briefly after Briscoe died.[38] In the 2009 Law & Order episode "Fed", Rey Curtis returns to New York to bury his deceased wife Deborah, who had finally succumbed to complications related to multiple sclerosis. He reveals to Lt. Van Buren that he had spoken with Briscoe a few days before his death, and that he was his old wisecracking self right up to the end.[39]
Andy Karl In 2015, Karl joined the recurring cast of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as the unit's new sergeant, Mike Dodds, who is the son of Peter Gallagher's Chief William Dodds. The role reunites Karl and Gallagher after working together on On the Twentieth Century. He has since left his role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, which resulted in his character's death.