Lior Dayan (Photo: Network 13)
Lior Dayan, a family member of Yonatan Gefen who passed away last night at the age of 76, revealed this morning (Thursday) on "Holam Hakob" with Geola Even (Network 13) a letter that Yonatan wrote to him in the last few days in which he told him that he had no point in writing anymore.
"The days are empty, all my life I woke up to write and now when I don't write - I have nothing to get up for," Dayan quoted from Gefen's letter.
"It's not that I don't have anything to write about, I just don't have that need. As a poet and a satirist I still recognize all the injustices around me and it's important for me to make an angry voice. I started writing and performing because I felt and completely identified with Andersen's boy in 'The King's New Clothes' who cried out. The king is naked' and now that I am an old boy, the king is still naked but where did my cry go?"
Later, Dayan commented on the fact that the news broadcast on Channel 14 chose not to address Gefen's death: "The channel broadcasts an alternative reality, it's a shame and a disgrace. It's like removing Ariel Zilber, with his extreme right-wing views. Do you really think that some publication in the State of Israel would be able to ignore it if it happened? And God forbid something happened to Ariel Zilber? The alternative reality they are producing is a repulsive and despicable reality and Yonatan was the first to say that it is dangerous, because it is an alternative reality that pulls out the roots. I don't want to think what Yonatan would say if he heard about such a thing. It is simply a shame and disgrace."
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Yonatan Gefen (photo: screenshot, Network 13)
Gefen passed away last night at the age of 76. Gefen, born in Nahalel and a member of the Dayan family, was a regular columnist in Maariv newspaper for about 40 years, and published many books for adults and children and songs that became an integral part of the Israeli soundtrack.
Among his well-known books are "Dear Woman" which he wrote about his relationship with his mother, "Good Material" about his connections with the "Lol" group, and especially "The Sixteenth Lamb", which is considered one of the most beloved children's books in Israel, which was also produced for a very successful record featuring Yoni Rechter, Yehudit Ravitz, David Broza and Gidi Gov.
Among his well-known songs are hymns such as "A place for worry", "The Little Prince", "The most beautiful girl in the garden", "It will be good", "There is no country for love", "Song for singing", "You remember the songs", "Less but Hurts", "Takes Time", "Ballad for the Naive", "How a Song Was Born", "Maybe It's Over", "I Love Chocolate", "Closed Garden", "Ahinoam Doesn't Know", "Yonathan Go Home" , "Ben Arabim's Song", "This is how you wanted me", "When you cry you are not beautiful", "Being alone", "My love is not his love" and many more.
He even translated quite a few successful poems, including "Idiot" by Vladimir Vysotsky, the poems of "The Woman with Me" and more.
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