We say good bye to U.S. Army Veteran, Chicago Cop and Actor Dennis Farina in Chicago today

Dennis Farina would dine at Gene and Georgetti whenever he was in Chicago visiting or filming a movie, Tony Dupretti said. The Gene and Georgetti owner said he knew Farina from their days together at St. Michael's Central High School in the Old Town neighborhood and described the cop-turned-actor as “a regular guy” who was unaffected by fame and always willing to lend a helping hand.

On Tuesday, funeral services for Farina, the “Law & Order” and “Thief” actor who made the transition to the screen after working for years as a Chicago police detective, were held at Assumption Catholic Church in the River North neighborhood, located across the street from Dupretti’s restaurant — also the site of that afternoon’s post-burial luncheon.

“He’s a very good friend,” an emotional Dupretti said after the hourlong funeral, “and I’ll miss him dearly.”

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