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Steven Hill, right, with Sam Waterston and Carey Lowell in “Law and Order.” Mr. Hill played the district attorney Adam Schiff from 1990 to 2000.
NBC, via Everett Collection; thumbnail, CBS Photo Archive, via Getty Images ("Mission: Impossible"), 1966
Steven Hill
Died on August 23, 2016 at age 94
Mr. Hill originated imposing lead roles on two notable television series. He was Daniel Briggs, the leader of an elite covert-operations unit, for the first season of “Mission: Impossible” in the 1960s. Throughout the ‘90s he was the stern, seemingly imperturbable district attorney Adam Schiff in “Law & Order.”
Notable Deaths 2016
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