Larry Richard Drake February 21 1950 March 17 2016 was an American actor The son of Lorraine a homemaker and Raymond Drake a drafting engineer for an oil company Drake is renowned for his portrayal of developmentally disabled Benny Stulwicz on the television show LA Law from 1987 until the shows end in 1994 for which he won two consecutive Emmy Awards 1988 1989 He returned to the part of Benny in LA Law The Movie a reunion movie aired on NBC in 2002 Drake has appeared in numerous television and film roles including Time Quest Dark Asylum Paranoid Bean Overnight Delivery The Beast The Journey of August King Murder in New Hampshire Dr Giggles Darkman Darkman II The Return of Durant The Taming of the Shrew 1983 American Pie 2 and Dark Night of the Scarecrow He was also a regular on the 1998 science fiction TV show Prey Drake provided the voice acting for Pops on Johnny Bravo In 2007 he costarred in the made for TV movie Gryphon a SciFi Pictures original film Drake married actress Ruth De Sosa in 1989 they divorced in 1991 In October 2009 he married horror writer and model Marina Drujko but later they divorce in the same year 2009 On March 17 2016 Drake was found dead in his Los Angeles home at the age of 66 Drakes manager Steven Siebert reported that the actor had some health problems in the months before his death It was later reported that Drake suffered from a rare form of blood cancer that caused his blood to thicken Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry Drake licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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