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Uzi Hitman (June 9, 1952 – October 17, 2004) was an Israeli singer-songwriter, composer, actor, director, and television personality.
Uzi Hitman was born in Giv’at Shmuel and lived all his life in Ramat Gan. His parents, Holocaust survivors, followed a traditionalist Jewish lifestyle; his father served as a cantor. He and his sibling Chaim, who lives in Ra’anana, attended secular schools. At home they listened to the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Enrico Macias and opera along with liturgical and religious songs. When Hitman was 11, his parents gave him his first guitar, which he taught himself to play. When he turned 17, he received a piano from his grandmother. From 1971 to 1973, he served in the Central Command Band, along with Shem Tov Levy, Shlomo Bar-Aba, Dorit Reuveni and others. This marked the beginning of his musical career.
He was married to Aya (nee Waldman) and they had three children: Ido, Yoav and Oded.
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