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Theodore Bikel dies at 91


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He certainly left his impact in so many avenues, but I'll always remember him as "Zoltan Kaparthy, that Marvellous Boy."

 

From the Hollywood Reporter:

 

 


Theodore Bikel, Broadway's 'Fiddler on the Roof' Star, Dies at 91 He also created Von Trapp for 'The Sound of Music' for the stage, earned an Oscar nom for 'The Defiant Ones' and was an accomplished folk singer.

Theodore Bikel, a prolific performer and political activist who created the role of Captain Georg Von Trapp in the original Broadway production of The Sound of Music and defined the role of Tevye the Milkman during more than 2,200 performances of Fiddler on the Roof, has died. He was 91.

Bikel died of natural causes on Tuesday morning at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, publicist Harlan Boll announced.

 

MORE: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/theodore-bikel-dead-sound-music-719735

 

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