Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Death of musical icon brings Israel to standstill

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu places a rose on the coffin of Arik Einstein, a pioneering Israeli singer and songwriter, during his memorial service at Rabin's square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013. Einstein, who performed some of the country's best-known anthems, died Tuesday after suffering an aneurysm, doctors said. He was 74.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) JERUSALEM (AP) — The sudden death of legendary Israeli singer-songwriter Arik Einstein brought the country to a virtual standstill Wednesday, with radio and TV stations airing nonstop retrospectives and throngs flocking to his grave to pay tribute to the father of Israeli rock.








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