Shosh Atari (; 24 November 1949 – 1 April 2008) was an Israeli radio presenter, television presenter and actress, born as Shoshana Atari (Hebrew: שושנה עטרי) in

Rehovot Rehovot (, / ) is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of . Etymology Israel Belkind, founder of the Bilu (movement), Bilu movement, proposed the name "Rehovot ...

.Shosh Atari’s filmography
(in Hebrew) She was the sister of

Gali Atari Gali Atari (; born 29 December 1953) is an Israeli singer and actress. Atari won the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 which was held in Jerusalem, as part of Milk and Honey. Early life Atari was born as Abigail Atari (Hebrew: אביגיל עטרי) ...

and Yona Atari.

Biography

In the 1970s Atari joined

Kol Yisrael ''Kol Yisrael'' or ''Kol Israel'' (, lit. "Voice of Israel"; also Israel Radio) was Israel's public domestic and international radio service. It operated as a division of the Israel Broadcasting Service from 1951 to 1965, and later the Israel ...

and in the 1980s she was one of the stars of Reshet Gimel, where she was the host of the music hit programs - "Chadash, Chadish, U-mechudash", "Lohet", and other programs edited by Tony Fine. Atari was also famous as the host of the popular TV game - Pitsuchim of the

Israeli Educational Television The Israeli Educational Television (IETV), informally known as Chinuchit, was a state-owned public terrestrial television network which used to concentrate on producing and broadcasting programs for school children. The first Israeli children's ...

channel. A few years ago, Atari had a kidney transplant operation after having a kidney disease. After the transplant she went to Reshet Gimel but got back to broadcasting a daily show in Radio Lev Hamedina. In 2007, Atari returned to television as a star of Hakol Dvash, a

dramedy Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, il ...

on Channel 2.

Death

Atari died of a

heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when Ischemia, blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle. The most common symptom ...

at her home on April 1, 2008. She was discovered by her two sisters. She was 58 years old, and buried at the

Yarkon Cemetery Yarkon Cemetery () is the main cemetery for the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area of Israel. It is located within the Petah Tikva city limits, between the Yarkon River in the West, Highway 5 in the North, and the 491 road from East and South. History ...

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* 1949 births 2008 deaths People from Rehovot Israeli people of Yemeni-Jewish descent Israeli television actresses Israeli game show hosts Israeli women television presenters Israeli women radio presenters Kidney transplant recipients Burials at Yarkon Cemetery 20th-century Israeli actresses 21st-century Israeli actresses {{Israel-actor-stub