1995 Death Curley Fox, fiddler, dies at 85 1994 Death J C "Jody" Bateman, fiddler, dies at 75 1992 Death Dewey Balfa, bayou fiddler, dies at 65 1991 Event "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 241 performances 1990 Event "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 241 performances 1977 Death Zero [Samuel J] Mostel, U.S. actor (Fiddler on the Roof), dies at 62 1977 Event "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 167 performances 1976 Event "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 167 performances 1973 Death Norma Crane, actress, 'Fiddler on the Roof', dies of cancer at 44 1972 Event "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 3242 performances 1965 Event 19th Tony Awards: Subject Was Roses and Fiddler on the Roof win 1964 Event "Fiddler on the Roof" with Zero Mostel premieres in New York City 1964 Event "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 3242 performances 1964 Birthday Clinton Gregory, born in Martinsville, Virginia, singer, songwriter, recording artist, fiddler, country and bluegrass genres, recorded seven studio albums, chartered 11 Billboard Hot country Singles and Tracks, including Play, Ruby, Play, which reached no. 25 on the charts 1947 Birthday John Fiddler, born in England, rock vocalist and guitarist, British Lions 1935 Birthday [Chaim] Topol, Tel Aviv Israel, actor, Fiddler on the Roof 1928 Birthday Jerry Bock, New Haven CT, Broadway composer, Fiddler on the Roof 1928 Birthday Norma Crane, born in New York City, New York, actress, 'Tea and Sympathy', 'Fiddler on the Roof' 1924 Birthday Sheldon Harnick, born in Chicago, lyricist, Fiorello, Fiddler on the Roof 1916 Death Sholem Aleichem, yiddish writer (Fiddler on the Roof), dies 1915 Birthday Zero "Samuel" Mostel, Brooklyn, actor, Fiddler on the Roof 1913 Birthday Lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor, Fiddler on the Roof 1912 Birthday Joseph Stein, dramatist/playwright, Fiddler on the Roof 1890 Birthday Ernest Milton, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Cat Girl, Fiddler's Three 1859 Birthday Sholem Aleichem, Solomon Rabinowitz, author, Fiddler on the Roof
