Perry Botkin Jr., Composer Behind The Young and the Restless Theme, Dead at 87 People 1/25/2021 Grammy-winning TV and film composer Perry Botkin Jr. has died. He was 87. The music maker died on Monday, his longtime friend John Scheinfeld (writer of The Happy Days of Garry Marshall) confirmed on Facebook. "Today I share the news that the man who discovered Harry [Nilsson] and signed him to his first publishing contract, a gentleman and gentle-man named Perry Botkin, passed away," he wrote. "Perry was a magnificently talented composer, arranger, producer and storyteller, perhaps best known for composing the Grammy-winning 'Nadia's Theme' for the CBS soap