News about Sheldon Harnick

Sheldon Harnick died at the age of 99. According to his spokesperson Sean Katz, he died at his New York City home. The lyricist of Fiddler On The Roof was the musical performer by his name. Fiddler On The Roof, a 1971 film starring Topol and Norma Crane that centered on a Jewish peasant in Russia who would have to marry three of his children offspring. The songs that came from Fiddler On The Roof include Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Sunrise, Sunset, Do You Love Me? If I Were a Rich Man. Harnick had a long association with Broadway musicals. The writer worked on 1959's Pulitzer-winning Fiorello!, and 1963's She Loves Me