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Theodore Bikel, actor, singer and Broadway star, dies at 91 by Nancy Groves

Performer best known as Broadway's original Captain von Trapp and Tevye in Fiddler in the Roof, died in his hometown of Los AngelesTheodore Bikel, the Tony-nominated actor, folk singer and original Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music on Broadway, has died in Los Angeles aged 91.Bikel, for whom Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote the musical's famous song Edelweiss, died at the UCLA medical centre on Tuesday, his public…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PM on July 31, 2017

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