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Hill Street Blues cast photo for the seventh and final season that aired in 1987.

Back Row - Robert Clohessy (Patrick Flaherty), Robert Prosky (Stan Joblanski), Megan Gallagher (Tina Russo).

Middle Row - Betty Thomas (Lucy Bates), James B. Sikking (Howard Hunter), Dennis Franz (Norman Buntz), Kiel Martin (J.D. LaRue), Joe Spano (Henry Goldblume).

Front Row - Taurean Blacque (Neal Washington), Daniel J. Travanti (Frank Furillo) and Michael Warren (Bobby Hill).

There's a few long running cast members, who were still around for this season but missing from this pic - Veronica Hamel (Joyce Davenport), Bruce Weitz (Mick Belker) and Charles Haid (Andy Renko).

I found the last two seasons a disappointment compared to earlier ones but they were saved by the introduction of Lt. Buntz. Buntz was a (slightly) toned down version of a corrupt cop played in a couple of earlier episodes by the same actor. Buntz also had a shocking dress sense with huge kipper ties that never matched his suits (which looked as if they might have been fashionable a decade earlier).

Of the actors pictured above Kiel Martin died in 1990 and Robert Prosky in 2008.

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Taurean Blacque (born Herbert Middleton Jr.; May 10, 1940 – July 21, 2022) Television and stage actor, best known for his role as Detective Neal Washington on the series Hill Street Blues. He stated that he chose the name "Taurean" because his astrological sign was Taurus.

Early in his acting career, Blacque began making guest appearances in sitcoms such as What's Happening!!, Sanford and Son, The Bob Newhart Show, The Tony Randall Show, Good Times, and Taxi, and auditioned for permanent roles on others, including Venus Flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati, eventually played by Tim Reid.

In 1981 he joined the cast of the police drama Hill Street Blues, staying with the show throughout its run, which ended in 1987. While appearing on that show, he was nominated in 1982 for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, but lost to fellow Hill Street actor Michael Conrad, in a year in which all the nominees in the category came from the same series.

In the 1996-1997 TV series Savannah he had a recurring role as Detective Michael Wheeler. (Wikipedia)

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