Jerry Bock, Composer of Fiddler and Fiorello!, Dead at 81

While he composed the music for such shows as She Loves Me, Fiorello! and The Rothschilds, Bock is best-known for the score to Fiddler on the Roof, one of the most successful musicals in Broadway history. Bock’s passing comes 10 days after the death of his Fiddler colleague, librettist Joseph Stein.