Legendary folksinger/actor/activist Theodore Bikel died today of natural causes at age 91.



His was a voice I had listened to from my earliest days. Way back in the 1950's, my mother bought a number of his albums. Bikel sang in Yiddish, Russian, French, Greek, English and heaven-only-knows what other languages! He was amazing, and I still can remember my mother doing her best to translate the songs for me.

I had always hoped that one day I would be able to meet him, if for no other reason than simply to say "Thank you" for all he gave us.

Looks like I was the only one who picked him.

R.I.P.


Signor V.

"For me, there's only my wife..."

"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"

"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"

"It was a grass harp... And we listened."

"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?"

"No. Saints and poets, maybe... they do some."