Didi Menosi

Didi Menosi דידי מנוסי
Didi Menosi on 1961. Boris Carmi, Meitar collection, National Library of Israel
Born	Didi Menosi (1928-05-09)9 May 1928 Kibbutz Geva, Jezreel Valley, Mandatory Palestine
Died	20 December 2013(2013-12-20) (aged 85) Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel
Alma mater	Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Occupation(s)	Writer, journalist, poet, lyricist, dramatist, columnist, satirist
Years active	1962–2000
Spouse	Tzila Menosi (1959–2013; his death)
Children	3

Didi Menosi (Hebrew: דידי מנוסי; 9 May 1928 – 20 December 2013) was an Israeli writer, journalist, poet, lyricist, dramatist, columnist and satirist.

Menosi was born on Kibbutz Geva in the Jezreel Valley, at the time Mandatory Palestine. He studied literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. From 1962 to 2000, his rhyming satirical column dealing with current events was published each week in the mass-circulation newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.^[1]

In 2006, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Didi Menosi died on the morning of 20 December 2013, aged 85, at his home in Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel. He was survived by his wife of 54 years, Tzila Menosi, and three children.^[2]

References

1. "85 דידי מנוסי הלך לעולמו בגיל". NRG Maariv (in Hebrew). 20 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
2. "Prominent Israeli satirist Didi Menosi dies at 85". Haaretz. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.