Didi Menosi

Didi Menosi
דידי מנוסי

Didi Menosi on 22 August 1983.
Born Didi Menosi
(1928-05-09)9 May 1928
Kibbutz Geva, Jezreel Valley, Mandatory Palestine
Died 20 December 2013(2013-12-20) (aged 85)
Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel
Alma mater Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Occupation Writer, journalist, poet, lyricist, dramatist, columnist, satirist
Years active 1962–2000
Spouse(s) Tzila Menosi (1959–2013; his death)
Children 3

Didi Menosi (Hebrew: דידי מנוסי; 9 May 1928 – 20 December 2013) was an Israeli writer, journalist, poet, lyricist, dramatist, columnist and satirist.

Menosi was born on Kibbutz Geva in the Jezreel Valley, at the time Mandatory Palestine. He studied literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. From 1962 to 2000, his rhyming satirical column dealing with current events was published each week in the mass-circulation newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.[1]

In 2006, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Didi Menosi died on the morning of 20 December 2013, aged 85, at his home in Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel. He was survived by his wife of 54 years, Tzila Menosi, and three children.[2]

References

  1. "85 דידי מנוסי הלך לעולמו בגיל". NRG Maariv (in Hebrew). 20 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. "Prominent Israeli satirist Didi Menosi dies at 85". Haaretz. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
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