Jerry Bock, Composer of ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ Dies at 81

[The Straight Story]

Jerry Bock, Composer of ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ Dies at 81

Jerry Bock, who wrote his first musical in public school and went on to compose the scores for some of Broadway’s most successful shows, including “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Fiorello!” and “She Loves Me,” died on Wednesday in Mount Kisco, N.Y. He was 81 and lived in Manhattan.

His death, at a Mount Kisco hospital, was caused by heart failure, his lawyer, Richard M. Ticktin, said.

Mr. Bock died 10 days after the death of Joseph Stein, who wrote the book for “Fiddler.”

Early in his life Mr. Bock wrote music for television shows and had done some work on Broadway, primarily on the score for “Mr. Wonderful” (1956), which starred Sammy Davis Jr. The title song became a standard, along with “Too Close for Comfort.”


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/04/theater/04bock.html?_r=1

[joeybee12]

1. Yeah, I saw that Mr. Stein died a couple weeks ago...sad

RIP

[no_hypocrisy]

2. I literally grew up with "Fiddler on the Roof".

My father used to play the soundtrack every night for at least two years in the Sixties.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Dupe. Sorry.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. I love that movie/musical.

[kimmerspixelated]

5. Dang! awww..

If I was a Rich Man, dadadoobie dadada!.....All day long I'd....

Got to be one of the top 5 best musicals-EVER!