Scion of wealthy NYC family, Morgenthau was DA for decades
(WorldNews Entertainment)

NEW YORK (AP) - 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.” “Law & Order” creator Dick Wolf called Morgenthau “the greatest district attorney in the history of New York.” Morgenthau, who died Sunday at 99, just 10 days before turning 100, spent nearly half his life jailing criminals from mob kingpins and drug-dealing...