“Fiddler on the Roof”’s popular actor Chaim Topol aka Tevye, unfortunately, died at the age of 87. It was confirmed by the President of Isreal Isaac Herzog on Twitter on Thursday. But he did not reveal the time and reason for his death. But you can read here the cause of his death read below.
President Isaac Herzog called Topol “one of the most outstanding Israeli stage artists,” who was a “giant of Israeli culture and will be greatly missed.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Topol a “multifaceted artist with great charisma and energy,” who “proudly represented Israel around the world.”
Chaim Topol, the Israeli actor who found global fame for his role as Tevye in the film version of “Fiddler on the Roof,” died Thursday at the age of 87 in Tel Aviv after a multi-year battle with Alzheimer’s.
Topol, a prolific actor with a wide range of credits, was best known for inhabiting the central character of Tevye — first in stage productions of the famed Shalom Aleichem musical and then later in the iconic film, before eventually returning to the stage with the role.
President Isaac Herzog called Topol “one of the most outstanding Israeli stage artists,” who was a “giant of Israeli culture and will be greatly missed.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Topol a “multifaceted artist with great charisma and energy,” who “proudly represented Israel around the world.”
“Sadly, the fiddler on the roof is no longer with us,” Netanyahu added. “The strings of the fiddle have fallen silent. The story of Chaim Topol’s life has been sealed but I am certain that his contribution to Israeli culture will live on for generations.”
Chaim Topol used several of his surnames only in his personal life, but he gets his recognition from the 1971 film “Fiddler”, in which the director cast him as a stage performer with zero Mostel. This film was a turning point for him, who give him nominations for Oscar and Gloden Globe awards.
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After that, he reprise his role several times even on his stage performance for which he won the Tony award. Till 2009, he reprised this role approximately 3500 times. Despite this, his other films are also memorable like “Galileo,” in which he played a scientist role.
In another film by James Bond “For Your Eyes Only” in 1981 including with Roger Moore, Topol’s character was memorable as Greek smuggler Milos Columbo. “The Winds of War,” was his famous television series in which he played the character of the Polish Jew, Berel Jastrow, in 1983, and later in 1988 he reprised his role in “War and Remembrance.”
“Like Yul Brynner in ‘The King and I’ and Rex Harrison in ‘My Fair Lady,’ Topol has become almost synonymous with his character,” United Press International said in 1989.
“Let’s face it, it’s one of the best parts ever written for a male actor in the musical theater,” he told in 1989. “It takes you to a wide range of emotions, happiness to sadness, anger to love.” Some criticize this role for playing so many times but others also praise his other roles like in “If I Were a Rich Man,” “Tradition” and “Sunrise, Sunset.”
Actually felt very sad talking about Topol’s death just now on @LBC.
He seemed like a man of great humanity – entwined with the wonderful character of Teyve who he played for 30 years.
Fiddler on the Roof is still one of the only films depicting…https://t.co/g79CNkluej— Nicole Lampert (@nicolelampert) March 9, 2023
Death Reason of Chaim Topol:
He died after a battle against Alzheimer’s disease for a long time. Tevye was one of the remarkable roles written by Mr. Jewison from a book by Josep Stein.
“The casting of it was the most agonizing thing I ever went through,” Mr. Jewison told in 2001.
Chaim was born on September 1935 in Tel Aviv to Jacob and Rel Goldman. In the beginning, he focuses to become a printer. But because of his comedy time during his army career officers like him. He spent some years entertaining soldiers of Isreal.
“It was great training because we had a very difficult, tired audience,” Topol told U.P.I. “Most of them had been out running tractors and such before performances.” He also performed in a lead role in 1964 in “Sallah Shabati.”
“I didn’t know what to do with myself. I telegrammed back saying there was no way I wanted to be connected to that show” he said in 2008.
The Israeli actor Chaim Topol, who played Tevye in 1971’s Fiddler on the Roof, has died at the age of 87https://t.co/L8Y0VEoQrm
— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 9, 2023
“At 29, I knew I had to restrain some muscles to make sure I didn’t suddenly jump in a way that destroyed the image of an elderly man,” he said “I walked slower, and made sure I wasn’t too erect when I danced. It was quite a job. Now, as I pass the age of 55 by 20 years, I feel totally free to jump and dance as much as I feel like.”
In the New Yorker, Pauline Kael wrote of him:
“He’s a rough presence, masculine, with burly, raw strength, but also sensual and warm. He’s a poor man but he’s not a little man, he’s a big man brought low — a man of Old Testament size brought down by the circumstances of oppression.”
🗣 Israel’s president Isaac Herzog paid tribute to Topol as ‘one of the giants of Israeli culture’
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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 9, 2023
He also produced books like “Topol by Topol” and “Topol’s Treasury of Jewish Humor, Wit, and Wisdom.” To know more about him follow us on our Twitter handle. Fans will remember him for his best performance. Rest in peace Chaim Topol you will always be alive in your fan’s hearts.