Uzi Hitman was an Israel

Israel

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i singer, songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

, composer

Composer

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 and television

Television

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 personality.

Early life

Hitman was born in Givat Shmuel to holocaust-survivor parents; his father was a cantor and his mother was secular. He was raised in a pluralistic environment. In 1963, he received his first guitar and taught himself to play and compose. When he turned 17, he received a piano from his grandmother. In the army he served as a combat soldier and later he joined an army band.

Career

His career began in 1976, when he composed a popular melody for Adon Olam

Adon Olam

Adon Olam is a strictly metrical hymn in the Jewish liturgy. It has been a regular part of the daily and Sabbath liturgy since the 15th century...

. He became a popular Israeli artist during the 1980s and 1990s. He composed and wrote over 650 songs. His most famous songs include Noladati Lashalom (I Was Born for Peace), Ratziti Sheteda

Ratziti Sheteda

Ratziti Sheteda is a famous Israeli song written and composed by Uzi Hitman. The song is also widely known as Elohim Sheli or My God....

(I Wanted You to Know), Todah (Thank you), Mi yada' sh'kach yihiye (Who Knew It Would Be Like This) and Kan

Kan (song)

"Kan" , was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, performed in Hebrew by Duo Datz. Its lyrics and melody were written by Israeli songwriter Uzi Hitman....

(Here), which reached 3rd place during the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

. Hitman also appeared on the 1980s children's programmes Parpar Nehmad

Parpar Nehmad

Parpar Nechmad is a long-running Israeli children's television program, aimed mainly at pre-schoolers. The show premiered in January 1982 and rann until 2004. It was produced by the Israeli Educational Television , and to this day remains successful in re-runs on IETV's home network, Channel...

and Hopa Hei.

He died after a heart attack

Myocardial infarction

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 at the age of 52. He was buried at the Yarkon Cemetery

Yarkon Cemetery

The Yarkon Cemetery is the central Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area cemetery since 1991. The cemetery is located within Petah Tikva city limits, between the Yarkon River in the West, Highway 5 in the North, and 491 road from East and South....

 near Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

. The City of Ramat Gan renamed Kikar Hashoshanim (Roses Square) in his neighborhood of residence to Kikar Hitman (Hitman Square).

External links

• Official site