From the archives - "'Homicide' losing another detective" (1998)

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'Homicide' losing another detective
Departing: Reed Diamond, who plays Det. Mike Kellerman on NBC's 'Homicide: Life on the Street,' will leave at the end of the season.
April 07, 1998 | By Rob Hiaasen | Rob Hiaasen, SUN STAFF Staff writer Chris Kaltenbach contributed to this article.

Well, we won't have Mike Kellerman to kick around anymore. Det. Kellerman, the struggling, "meat-and-potatoes" cop who shot and killed drug kingpin Luther Mahoney, won't be working Homicide next year.

Reed Diamond, who for three seasons played Kellerman on NBC's "Homicide: Life on the Street," joins a list of show regulars who won't be back for the seventh season. The actor, who made his debut as Kellerman for the 1995-1996 season, will make his last appearance May 8 in the season finale.

( Let's do the time warp again (to 1998) )