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Israeli singer, performing with his then-wife Esther Ofarim in the 1960s.

Father of Gil Ofarim and Tal Ofarim with third wife Sandra.

He remarried twice. His third marriage was to Sandra (Sandy), whom he divorced in 2004. Their sons, Gil and Tal Ofarim, are also in show business.

In 1961, he married Esther Ofarim. He achieved some international fame performing with her as a musical duo Esther & Abi Ofarim, playing the guitar and singing backing vocals. In 1966 the duo had their first hit in Germany with "Noch einen Tanz". Their greatest success in Germany came the next year with "Morning of my Life", written by the Bee Gees. In 1968 "Cinderella Rockefella" hit the top of the charts in a number of countries including the UK.[4] They played many live concerts in New York and London, and in 1969 they toured around the world. The couple divorced in Germany in 1970.

At age 12, he attended ballet school, and made his onstage debut in Haifa at 15. By 17 he was arranging his own choreography, and by 18 had his own dance studio.

Abi began performing with Esther in 1959 at an Israeli theatre club. In 1961 they won a Song Festival in Tel Aviv, by which time they were married. In 1963 Esther Ofarim won second place (for Switzerland) in the "Eurovision Song Contest" with the song "T'en vas pas". This represented a break through for both of them. Abi arranged the songs, and accompanied Esther on the guitar.

In 1964 Abi and his wife Esther were awarded The Silver Rose of Montreux by Eurovision, for their tv performances.

In 1982, Ofarim wrote a book, Der Preis der wilden Jahre (literally: "The Price of the Wild Years").

Some time after his divorce with Esther, Ofarim developed a drug and alcohol addiction. Nevertheless, he continued performing, releasing a number of albums, and also working as a manager, composer and arranger, through his company PROM.

During 1969 Abi and Esther Ofarim presented a weekly show on BBC tv in the UK.

Beginning in April 2014, Abi Ofarim ran a "Jugendzentrum für Senioren" ("Youth Center for Elderly People") in Munich, a social project against poverty and solitude of the elderly, together with his organization "Kinder von Gestern e. V." ("Children of Yesterday").

Father of Oliver Berben.