Modi Bar-On passed away at the age of 59
The beloved presenter passed away after a struggle with a serious illness.
For many years he presented and created TV shows, directed plays and taught cinema, but for football fans in Israel, he was the face of the Champions League and perhaps the man most identified with the sports channel
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30/05/2022
Monday, 30 May 2022, 15:20
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The Sports Channel's Exciting Tribute to Modi Bar-On Before the Champions League Final (Courtesy of the Sports Channel)
Media and sports man Modi Bar-On passed away today at the age of 59, after a battle with a serious illness.
For many years Bar-On presented and created TV shows and series, directed plays, served as a lecturer and taught film, but for sports fans in Israel, he was the face of the Champions League and perhaps the man most identified with the sports channel.
"A sad day, bowing our heads with the passing of our beloved friend Modi Bar-On from us," the sports channel, the friends and family who mourned, "embrace the family and all his lovers. The family wishes to maintain its privacy in these difficult moments. ".
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Bar-On (Photo: Meged Guzni)
Bar-On began his career on the sports channel in 1994 and quickly became one of the favorite people on screen in terms of world football fans.
Under his leadership, the Champions League broadcasters have become colorful and fascinating and for many spectators in Israel, the most prestigious team enterprise in the world was much more than football games that start and end on the grass.
Throughout his years on the sports channel, Bar-On has also hosted a host of magazine programs and news beyond his massive involvement in the Champions League.
In recent years he has led the broadcasters of the main game in the Premier League and before that also the plans for summarizing the cycle, in addition he participated and was a partner in the creation of many other contents.
Just as he became so identified with the Champions League and also with Israeli football, Bar-On was known as a Hapoel Haifa fan.
Although he was born in Kiryat Tivon, as a child his family moved to the city of Carmel and there his love for the city's red team developed.
In recent years he has expressed support for the Hapoel Ruby Shapira Haifa fan group and in 2013 he was also part of a fan organization that tried to transfer the Hapoel Haifa youth team to its management.
In the broadcast of the Champions League final on Saturday on the sports channel, Modi Bar-On broadcast an article ahead of the meeting between Real Madrid and Liverpool.
"Moody was supposed to be here with us, our beloved friend who built the Champions League broadcasts in his image and imagery. It was important to us that he take part in the game broadcast so here's his point of view," said presenter Miri Nevo and immediately afterwards Moody's voice was heard.
"You got our lyricist," Nevo said at the end of the article, "We miss and wait all the time, and patiently."
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