Creator and TV personality Modi Bar-On passed away at the age of 59 after a battle with cancer
In January, it was first reported that he had a cancerous fracture, after not appearing in the studio of the main game between Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv on the sports channel.
Bar-On was very prominent as a presenter on the sports channel and among other things he wrote for the "Chamber Quintet" and created docu-movies and docu-series such as "The Kibbutz" and "Road 90"
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Modi Bar-On (Photo: HOT8)
Media man, presenter and TV creator Modi Bar-On passed away at the age of 59 after a battle with cancer.
On January 3, 2022, Shevar On was first diagnosed with a medical problem, after not appearing in the studio of the main game between Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv on the sports channel.
The channel's presenter, Miri Nevo, announced on the broadcast: "Modi is dealing with a complex medical situation and as you have already known him, he will also treat it professionally and thoroughly properly. We would like to thank the medical staff at Ichilov for the dedicated care they provide. We wish Modi complete medicine. And we will wait patiently for him here until he finishes his affairs and returns to us stronger than ever and when everything is behind him. "
The next day, Ichilov Hospital confirmed that Bar-On was battling cancer and was hospitalized in the oncology ward.
Last Saturday, Modi Bar-On's last article was broadcast, in the Champions League final.
Bar-On was born in September 1962 in Kiryat Tivon under the name Mordechai, the son of Yehuda who immigrated from Romania and worked in a cement factory in Nesher and the mother Nehama, a teacher who was a Holocaust survivor who immigrated from Poland.
He served in the Nahal Brigade and participated in the First Lebanon War. Bar-On completed a bachelor's degree in theater at Tel Aviv University
. Muscles "by Roi Rashkes at the Alley Theater. A year later he starred in the film" Tel Aviv Stories ". In 1992 he directed the play" The Opener ", written by Victor Lano. A year later he joined the writing team of the TV show" The Chamber Quintet ". In 1994 he wrote a weekly satirical column in Globes, and in 1995 Bar-On wrote with Ilan Eldad a play for the Habima Theater called "The Requisitor".
Bar-On was very prominent as a presenter on the sports channel, which he joined in 1994.
Among other things, he presented the Champions League broadcasters, the summary magazine of the Premier League games in football, "Goal Five" and the program "Press Offer".
Over the years, he has submitted documentary programs and in some cases co-created them with Anat Zeltzer or other creators, including "Everything is Open" on educational television that dealt with social and historical issues and included studio interviews alongside field documentation;
The series "All People" on educational television, which dealt with key figures in the past of the Yishuv and the State of Israel;
The series "In the State of the Jews" on Channel One, which dealt with the history of Israeli humor;
The film "The Lion Roared Twice" which sought the parallel between the events of Tel Hai and the incident in which IDF soldiers were killed near the cemetery of Kfar Giladi during the Second Lebanon War.
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Modi Bar-On at the TV Awards Ceremony (Photo: Meged Guzni)
In addition, he signed the film "The Duck Journeys" by yes, which was co-produced by Gabi Bibliwitz and deals with the artist Dudu Geva;
"Tel Aviv-Yafo", a documentary series based on a screenplay by Bar-On Weltzer, which deals with the history of the city, and was broadcast on Channel 8 and Channel Ten;
The "Kibbutz" of Channel 8, a documentary series by Bar-On and Zeltzer that examines the history of the kibbutzim in Israel and their current situation;
"Route 90" on Channel 8, a documentary series also signed by Bar-On and Zeltzer, which documents a two-week journey along Route 90;
HOT's Homeland Lesson series, created by Bar-On and Zeltzer, deals with the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In 2011 he began to present once a week one of the programs of "The Owls" on Channel 8. From 2003 to 2015 he served as a presenter of Discount Bank.
In 2015, he hosted a hosting program on Channel 2, on behalf of the network.
In the same year he participated in a guest role in the series "Ron" of yes.
He also served for a time as Yaron London's replacement in presenting the show. "
In addition, he taught film at the Democratic School in Hadera and at Sapir Academic College.
He was married to Mika and was a father of two.
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