# RIP Stephen Sondheim **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [November 26, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stephen-sondheim/954996 "2021-11-26T23:11:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stephen-sondheim/954996/1 "2021-11-26T23:11:39Z")
Aged 91 years. > **[Towering musical theater master Stephen Sondheim dies at 91](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-arts-and-entertainment-theater-frank-sinatra-a4ef685dd49259648991ebfbcef8bbbd)** > > NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Sondheim, the songwriter who reshaped the American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century with his intelligent, intricately rhymed lyrics, his use of evocative melodies and his willingness to tackle unusual... ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stephen-sondheim/954996/2 "2021-11-26T23:53:44Z")
Oh, my God. Thank you for all the amazing musicals you’ve given us. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stephen-sondheim/954996/3 "2021-11-27T00:00:34Z")
Sorry to hear it. Probably the greatest Broadway lyricist of all time. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stephen-sondheim/954996/4 "2021-11-27T00:03:00Z")
Holy crap, we just watched Forum this morning … mrAru in our normal black humor pointed out the usual thing we say ‘he/she had a good run’ if someone passes that is significantly old is oddly appropriate [or perhaps he had a number of great runs on stage] ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stephen-sondheim/954996/5 "2021-11-27T00:29:01Z")
He was on The Late Show not long ago and was still working. IIRC it was a sequel to a work that was just completed recently. It was probably partly the reason he was around so long. RIP, Mr. Sondheim. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stephen-sondheim/954996/6 "2021-11-27T01:05:57Z")
This is hitting me hard. I mean, I know no one lives forever, but – dang. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stephen-sondheim/954996/7 "2021-11-27T01:50:17Z")
RIP. Here’s a number he wrote for “The Mad Show” under the pen name Esteban Rio Nido: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4CII7E_RjGU/hqdefault.jpg "The Boy From...(The MAD Show)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CII7E_RjGU) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stephen-sondheim/954996/8 "2021-11-27T02:07:59Z")
Something for everyone, a tragedy tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Hermione1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d07c76/32.png) [@Hermione1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione1)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stephen-sondheim/954996/9 "2021-11-27T14:12:29Z")
Well, maybe next year. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stephen-sondheim/954996/10 "2021-11-28T04:35:24Z")
Oh shit, what a fucking loss. True, nobody lives forever, but still, his life was too short. He will be sorely missed.