Zero Mostel died 32 years ago

Zero Mostel was born on February 28, 1915 as Samuel Joel Mostel in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. He acted as “Tevye” in the Fiddler on the Roof and as “Pseudolus” in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Mr. Mostel died on September 8, 1977 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Jerome Robbins died 11 years ago

Jerome Robbins was born on October 11, 1918 as Jerome Rabinowitz in New York City, New York. He directed and choreographed the musical Fiddler on the Roof. Mr. Robbins died on July 29, 1998 in New York City, New York.

Molly Picon died 17 years ago

Molly Picon was born as Malka Opiekun on February 28, 1898 in New York City, New York. She was “Yente, the Matchmaker” in the movie Fiddler on the Roof. Ms. Picon died on April 5, 1992 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Sholom Aleichem died today – 91 years ago

Sholom Aleichem, born on February 18, 1859, died on May 13, 1916. He was a Russian writer. Wikipedia says, “The musical ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ (1964) [was] loosely based on Sholom Aleichem's stories about his character Tevye the Milkman.” I remember seeing the movie “Fiddler on the Roof” at the Beverly Theater on Knoxville Avenue in Peoria, Illinois, in the early 1970’s. According to http://cinematreasures.org/theater/10170/, “The theater remained in operation until the early 90s but has since been demolished and replaced by a Walgreens.” Oh, my! (I’m sure that you wanted to know that.) The movie was three hours long. I remember that there was an intermission. I was probably grateful. They don’t make many – if any - movies that long anymore. For that we’re all grateful.

P.S. An actor named Gary Cooper, born on May 7, 1901, died in 1961. Perhaps you remember him from a movie or two movies or one hundred eight movies. Wow!