Former Manhattan DA Morgenthau dead at 99

He seemed almost like he was out of Central Casting -- tall and patrician, with a cultivated above-the-fray presence. And in fact, former Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau inspired some television casting of his own, as the model for the avuncular character of prosecutor Adam Schiff, played by actor Steven Hill on the long-running television series, "Law and Order." https://ift.tt/eA8V8J