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About Yosef (Tommy) Lapid (Lampel)
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Yosef (Joseph) "Tommy" Lapid (Hebrew: יוסף "טומי" לפיד, born as Tomislav Lampel (Serbian: Томислав Лампел); 27 December 1931 – 1 June 2008) was an Israeli radio and television presenter, journalist, politician and government minister known for his sharp tongue and acerbic wit. Lapid headed the secular-liberal Shinui party from 1999–2006. He fiercely opposed the ultra-orthodox political parties and actively sought to exclude any religious observance from the legal structure of the Israeli State.
Lapid was born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia) to a family of Hungarian Jewish descent. His family was seized by the Nazis and deported to the Budapest ghetto. His father was deported to a concentration camp, where he was murdered. Lapid and his mother survived the war and moved to Israel in 1948. After serving as a mechanic in the Israel Defense Forces, Lapid graduated with a law degree from Tel Aviv University in 1957.
He was married to Shulamit Lapid, an acclaimed novelist. They had three children. Their son, Yair Lapid, is the chairman of "Yesh Atid" party, which turned second biggest party in the 2013 Israeli elections, and was a columnist and television host. Their oldest daughter, Michal, was killed in a car accident in 1984.
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Yosef (Tommy) Lapid (Lampel)'s Timeline
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December 27, 1931
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Novi Sad, South Bačka District, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia
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| 1963 |
November 5, 1963
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Tel Aviv
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| 2008 |
June 1, 2008
Age 76
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Ichilov Hospital, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel
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Kiryat Shaul Cemetery, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel
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