OBITUARY

Stephen Sondheim, legendary composer and lyricist behind ‘Sweeney Todd,’ other Broadway hits, dies at 91

Sondheim was considered American theater’s greatest composer and lyricist of the last half century or more. Stephen Sondheim, a Broadway giant who has the most Tony Awards as a composer, died early Friday at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, a spokesperson for Sondheim's productions said.