THE ROOF FALLS IN
Not long after Topol left us, so follows the man who helped supply the milk. Together with composer Jerry Bock, lyricist Sheldon Harnick was half of one of musical theatre’s dominant duos of the 50s and 60s. Successes included Fiorello! and The Apple Tree, but none proved more enduring than the theatrical tradition that is Fiddler on the Roof. Harnick and Bock stopped collaborating in the early 70s but Harnick would continue to work with other composers from Michel Legrand to Joe Raposo. He was 99 and leaves literary theme team Pulling up the Daisies a rich man with a second unique in this obit batch.
Sheldon Harnick
30 April 1924 – 23 June 2023, aged 99
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