Actor Richard Dysart, Who Grew up in Augusta, Had Passed Away

Richard Dysart, a veteran stage and screen actor who grew up in Augusta, Maine, and who played senior partner Leland McKenzie in the long-running TV courtroom drama “L.A. Law,” has died after a long illness. He was 86.

Dysart was born in Boston and raised in Augusta. From seventh grade through high school, Dysart lived at 12 Johnson St. in Augusta across from the former Lincoln Elementary School. Dysart was a 1947 graduate of Cony High School, acting in Chizzle Wizzle each year he attended. In the 1950s, he got his start in radio and worked at New York’s off-Broadway Circle in the Square Theater. (Bangor Daily News/centralmaine.com)