"Spoken in a language everyone connected to": Creator and TV personality Modi Bar-On is laid to rest
TV man, creator and presenter Modi Bar-On, who passed away yesterday at the age of 59, is laid to rest in the "Right Rest" civil cemetery in Rishon Lezion with the participation of hundreds of his friends and lovers.
Bonnie Ginzburg: "Moody created a television language that no one before him had used."
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Sagi Ben Nun
31/05/2022
Tuesday, 31 May 2022, 17:11 Updated: 17:12
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TV man, creator and presenter Modi Bar-On, who passed away yesterday at the age of 59, is laid to rest (Tuesday) in the "Right Rest" civil cemetery in Rishon Lezion with the participation of hundreds of his friends and lovers.
Bar-On is best known as a screenwriter ("The First Five for His Documentary Works" ("The Kibbutz", "In the Jewish State", "Route 90", "All People") and as a popular presenter on the sports channel. He left behind a wife and two children. In theater and stand-up, and wrote sketches for the "Chamber Quintet" program.
Bonnie Ginzburg paid tribute to Bar-On in a conversation with Walla!
Culture: "Moody was undoubtedly a consensus, loved by all walks of life, mainly because he spoke a language that everyone could connect to. He connected culture with sports in general and football in particular. People connected with it. The Champions League studio was the tribal bonfire. Moody created a TV language "That no one before him had used it. Moody was the sports channel. I had the privilege of working alongside him on many broadcasts and many hours on the road. I am very sad, and send my condolences to Mika, the girls and the family."
Actor and comedian Tal Friedman tweeted yesterday: "Moody was the captain of my generation. He was the kind of big brother who knows how to give an intelligent solution to any question. "Moody has no substitute, no people like him."
Yaron London paid tribute to Bar-On last night in a conversation with Walla!
Culture: "Moody was an original facilitator in his approach, because he conveyed to the teaching profession the curiosity, humor and vitality of the stand-up comedian. As a presenter of sports programs he bought his world. He was not a great expert in sports but his enthusiasm was captivating. "About football to the theater, to an outburst of wonderful and childish emotion, so much so that I, who do not understand anything about football and do not particularly like it, liked to see his performance and the great joy that erupted from him."
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Creator and TV personality Modi Bar-On passed away at the age of 59 after a battle with cancer
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Modi Bar-On (Photo: Niv Aharonson)
"At the end - all people"
President Yitzhak Herzog said yesterday: "His character is full of depth who has always sought to know more and more, and at the same time we lack the sense of humor and sharpness that characterized him so much. Among the worlds of sports, history and culture, he was first and foremost an Israeli." "History and the country in their length and breadth, constantly reflected our contours as a people, as a society and as a state, and reminded us that in the end - everything is people."
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid wrote last night: "Modi, an old friend, smart, rare and funny. Your voice has become an integral part of the voice of Israeli sports, the voice of the State of Israel. I send warm hugs to all family and friends. Always stay in my heart. I will always miss you."
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