Jerrold Lewis "Jerry" Bock (November 23, 1928 – November 3, 2010) was an American musical theatre composer. He received the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with Sheldon Harnick for their 1959 musical Fiorello! and the Tony Award for Best Composer and Lyricist for the 1965 musical Fiddler on the Roof with Harnick.
Early in his life, Mr. Bock wrote music for television shows and had done some work on Broadway, primarily on the score for “Mr. Wonderful” (1956), which starred Sammy Davis Jr. The title song became a standard, along with “Too Close for Comfort.”
Established in 1997, the Jerry Bock Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre is an annual grant presented to the composer and lyricist of a project developed in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop. Bock is also an esteemed Inductee into the Theater Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Mr. Bock married Patricia Faggen in 1950. She survives him, along with their son, George; their daughter, Portia Bock, and a granddaughter.
(sources: Wikipedia, Broadwayworld.com, NY Times)
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