Overview
- Levy’s family issued an official statement reporting his death and asking the public for privacy while funeral time and place are being arranged.
- He was hospitalized in serious condition over the weekend and his family earlier asked people to refrain from spreading unverified reports about his health.
- Levy had long-standing respiratory problems, including a 2005 COPD diagnosis that he linked to a past car accident and a prior life-threatening pneumonia hospitalization.
- Across a four-decade career that began in the mid-1980s, Levy released more than 20 albums and became a leading voice in Israel’s Mizrahi or Mediterranean music scene.
- Political and cultural figures, including Culture Minister Miki Zohar, posted condolences, and Levy is survived by his wife, four children, and grandchildren.