Article: So long, Bobby: Jimmy Smits' `NYPD Blue' character killed off

FRAZIER MOORE AP Television Writer
AP Online
11-25-1998
NEW YORK (AP) _ Instead of shuffling him off to a desk job in Staten Island or making him walk the beat in Queens, ``NYPD Blue'' killed off Jimmy Smits' character Bobby Simone Tuesday night.

There was no doubt Smits was leaving the ABC police drama, since he announced his departure in April. The only question was how he would leave the character he played for four seasons.

As viewers learned Tuesday night in a wrenching 90-minute denouement, there would be no miracle cure for the beloved, noble Simone, who all season had been stalked by a mysterious, debilitating ailment as his wife and co-workers braced themselves for the ...

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