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Why did Law & Order: SVU kill off this original character in the season 27 premiere?

SVU season 27 premiere opened with the sudden passing of an original character. Why did the show kill them off like that?

If You LIked Christopher Meloni’s Ad-Libbed ‘I Love You’ On Law And Order: SVU, You Won’t Want To Miss Mariska Hargitay On Organized Crime

Lib. The one perk of SVU’s premiere killing off Dann Florek’s Captain Don Cragen (who had been in the franchise going back to ...