CINCINNATI (WKRC) — For 18 years, Cincinnati native Rocky Carroll played NCIS Director Leon Vance, a steady presence on one of television’s longest-running dramas.
But his run on the show recently came to a shocking end when producers decided to kill off the character as part of the series’ 500th episode. Carroll said the decision took him by surprise at first.
“The only thing that surprised me more than getting the news that my character was going to meet his fate was how quickly I was able to come to terms with it,” Carroll said…