Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Theodore Bikel, R. I. P.
The New York Times: Theodore Bikel, the multilingual troubadour, character actor and social activist who created the role of Baron von Trapp in the original Broadway production of “The Sound of Music” and toured for decades as Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof,” died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 91.
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He certainly had a varied career. I had one of his folk albums--back in the vinyl days.
/And a couple of sites are reporting that E.L. Doctorow also passed away today.
I'll always remember him in I BURY THE LIVING
He was the definitive Meyer in the DARKER THAN AMBER movie.
I agree, Fred. He was perfect for the role.
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