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- Birth nameLeo Alexander Inselsbacher
- Arik Lavie was born on March 9, 1927 in Leipzig, Germany. He was an actor, known for Opération Thunderbolt : L'Esprit d'Entébbé (1977), La colline 24 ne répond plus (1955) and Florentine (1997). He was married to Shoshana Shani-Lavie. He died on June 29, 2004 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- SpouseShoshana Shani-Lavie(? - June 29, 2004) (his death, 2 children)
- Immigrated to British-ruled Palestine when he was 8 and became one of Israel's best-loved balladeers.
- Among his many recordings was "The Red Rock," a romantic song about the ancient Jordanian city of Petra. Critics say the song encouraged a 1960s craze among young Israelis to sneak across the unfenced border into Jordan to see the site, and some were killed in the attempt by mines or Jordanian frontier patrols.
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