"<a href=""http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/09/entertainment/feat-obit-richard-dysart-thr/index.html"" target=""_blank"">Richard Dysart</a>, the Emmy-winning actor who portrayed the cranky senior partner Leland McKenzie in the NBC drama ""L.A. Law,"" has died at the age of 86, it was reported on April 9."