of the variety television series "Texaco Star Theatre." During a recital in Carnegie Hall, he suddenly lost his balance and fell forward. This was an early sign of a neurological condition which was to limit his career from then on. His death, at 35, resulted from a fall in his apartment in New York City. References Michael Rabin: America's Virtuoso Violinist, by Anthony Feinstein (2005) Played the violin solos in the 1954 MGM film 'Rhapsody' starring Elizabeth Taylor CD program notes, Paganini Caprices Op. 1 for unaccompanied violin, Michael Rabin, EMI Classics 1936 births 1972 deaths American people of Romanian-Jewish descent American classical violinists Male classical violinists American male violinists Juilliard School alumni Jewish violinists Accidental deaths from falls 20th-century classical violinists Jewish classical violinists 20th-century American male musicians 20th-century American violinists