R.I.P. CHAIM TOPOL...

You're most noted (and for obvious cause) as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, but your career held many varied examples, including a presence in action/adventure and high romance.

For one, you proved a wonderful Dr. Hans Zarkov in Flash Gordon '80, as well as a dynamic figure in For Your Eyes Only; Cast a Giant Shadow; Follow Me!; Before Winter Comes; El Dorado; Ervinka; Har-Tarnegol; Galileo; Sallah; Queenie; The Boys Will Never Believe It; The Going Up of David Lev; I Like Mike; A Talent for Loving; House on Garibaldi Street; Left Luggage; Time Elevator; The Winds of War; and War and Remembrance. You also supplied swell, guest-starring roles for Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected and Seaquest DSV.

As a singer, you excelled even beyond your Broadway stints, with albums that spotlighted your rich, robust voice.

To say that you're a legend would be a cliche, but you were and are just that, excelling beyond even that coveted perch. Your name will live on, Mr. Topol, as strong as when you lived, attracting an ongoing legion of admirers for decades to come.