The writer, radio man and historian Dr. Yitzhak Noy passed away at the age of 80. Noy, who just about three weeks ago celebrated his birthday, struggled with cancer until he succumbed to it.
In an interview with "Shishvat" on March 30, Noy described his state of health: "Like that of an 80-year-old.
Yitzhak Noy, Neustadt, was born in Moshav Netaim in the Shefela, six years before the establishment of the state.
He is a graduate of the Hebrew University and Brandeis University in Massachusetts, where he received a doctorate in history.
In 1965, he began working for Kol Yisrael as a news anchor.
He wrote youth books and radio stories, starred in series of plays and presented the program "For Mother and Child" on the A network.
In the late 1970s he dubbed the series "There Was Was - Man".
Noy served as a senior editor on the radio, and for many years he presented on Network A a weekly program in which he covered press clippings.
He then switched to Network B and broadcast, among other things, the foreign diary - "International Hour".
At the same time, he presented programs on events in history - in Israel and around the world, programs for newspaper reviews, the most popular of which was "World Shabbat", which he presented until a few weeks ago.
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