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Iconic Israeli filmmaker Assi Dayan dies at 68

By Washington Examiner
Published May 1, 2014 12:21pm ET
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Iconic Israeli filmmaker Assi Dayan dies at 68
FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2009 file photo, actor and director Assi Dayan speaks during the Ophir Prize ceremony for life time achievement award in Haifa, Israel. Dayan, an Israeli cultural icon who was known for both his trailblazing films and troubled personal life, died Thursday in his Tel Aviv home. He was 68. (AP Photo/Tomer Neuberg) ISRAEL OUT | AP

JERUSALEM (AP) — Actor and director Assi Dayan, an Israeli cultural icon who was known for both his trailblazing films and troubled personal life, died on Thursday in his Tel Aviv home. He was 68.

No cause of death was given but Dayan had suffered from several illnesses in recent years. Word of his death immediately became the top news item in Israel.

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