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Yehuda Barkan is laid to rest: "Delight entire generations of Israelis"

The actor and director, who died at the age of 75 after a month-long battle with corona disease, was buried in the Rehovot cemetery with the participation of dozens of family and friends.

His son said yesterday: "In his last days I told him about the endless love he receives, and he was very excited."

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Sunday, October 25, 2020, 3:18 p.m.

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Live broadcast from the funeral of Yehuda Barkan (Photo: Yotam Ronen):

Actor, director, screenwriter and producer Yehuda Barkan is laid to rest in the Rehovot cemetery.

Dozens of family and friends came to pay their last respects to him.

Among the artists and industry figures who came: Tuvia Tzafir, Nitza Shaul, Israel Gottesdiner Clutch Bad, Yankele Mendel, Moshon Elbohar and producer Moshe Edri.

Barkan, 75 at the time of his death, left behind a wife, four children and seven grandchildren.

He was hospitalized about a month ago after falling ill in Corona, however since then his condition has deteriorated and over the weekend he passed away.

Barkan won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Israeli Film Academy and stood out in the 1970s and 1980s in thrillers and borax films including "Snooker Celebration" and "Charlie and a Half."

His son, Roy Barkan, told Walla!

Culture: "Dad died after his kidneys did not function, and the systems did not function. This is after two weeks and a day when Dad was anesthetized and respirated. In my last conversations with him I told him how many people pray he will come out of it, that many are interested, that he gets endless love. It moved him. "

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote last night on his Facebook page: "Judah loved the people and the country with great love, and delighted entire generations of Israelis in Israel and around the world with his unique and talented acting and film abilities. He will miss us all very much. We will continue to preserve his works and cultural assets. "He left behind. Many more will be learned and told about this groundbreaking man of culture."

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In his own way: Yehuda Barkan was a unique phenomenon in the annals of Israeli cinema

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Infinite love.

Yehuda Barkan (Photo: Nimrod Saunders)

Director Yigal Shilon, who made thrillers with Barkan in which he starred in the 1980s, paid tribute to him with pain: "One of the greatest film actors we had here left us. the profession actually, he was a successful actor and I'm behind the scenes, and we completed each other. We found a common language, and held it for seven years fertility.

wolf profit, playing with Judah Arakan films include "celebration snooker" and Charlie and a half " He said: "Knowing that Judah died is very difficult for me, me and my family are very sad.

I feel terrible because I was hoping he would get through it.

Judah was a man, he was just a man.

He died a righteous man, on the Sabbath.

We have made together some films that are remembered and will accompany this people with joy, and a lot of joy, and we say goodbye to it with a lot of sorrow.

We planned for him to cross the corona and work together again.

What a great sorrow.

Beyond being a wonderful actor and contributing a lot to Israeli culture.

He was a human being, and that's above all.

It was a great pleasure to work with him "

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