"L.A. Law" actor Larry Drake is dead!

Larry Drake, best known as playing Benny on L.A. Law, has died, his manager Steven Siebert  confirmed on Thursday adding, "He was such a nice man and a great actor."

The Emmy award-winning actor, who died at the age 66, had suffered health issues because of his weight and was found dead in his Hollywood Hills home.

Drake starred as the mentally challenged Benny Stulwicz in L.A. Law from 1987 until the show's end in 1994, and  in 2002's LA Law: The Movie. He earned two Emmy Awards for the role.