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!