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The beloved actor and singer, who left a deep mark on Israeli culture, was born in Bulgaria and immigrated to Israel with his parents in 1948.<\/p>\n
Actor-singer Arie Moscone, the winner of two Ophir Awards, has passed away<\/a> at the age of 78 after battling a long illness.<\/p>\n The beloved actor<\/a> and singer, who left a deep mark on Israeli culture<\/a>, was born in Bulgaria and immigrated to Israel with his parents in 1948. He studied in Hakfar Hayarok and began his artistic career at a young age, joining military bands and the local theater.<\/p>\n Moscone served on the northern border during his military years. After his release, he was a member of the Dizengoff Command Band. He continued his singing career, which brought him success with songs such as “Coming Home,” “Il-Il,” “Meanwhile,” and “Let Me Rest My Head on a Sand Dune” from the cult film “Halfon Hill is Not Answering.”<\/p>\n He also performed covers of world rock songs, including his Hebrew version of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall,” and sang in children’s series such as “Tov Tov the Dwarf.”<\/p>\n Former Pink Floyd leader Roger Waters speaks to the media in 2012. Some of his best friends are Jewish. (credit: CARLO ALLEGRI\/REUTERS)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n As an actor, Moscone appeared in dozens of Israeli films, including Charlie and a Half, Solomonico, The Unemployed in Tito, Giv’at Halfon Doesn’t Answer, A Kiss in the MTA<\/em>, and Yehuda Barkan’s thrillers, and became a familiar character on screen.<\/p>\n His achievements earned him two prestigious Ophir Awards: in 1991, he won the Actor of the Year Award for his participation in the filmAcross the Sea,<\/em> and in 1997, he won the Supporting Actor Award for Afula Express<\/em>. His ability to portray diverse characters, combined with his musical talent, made him one of the most beloved actors in Israel.<\/p>\n Beyond singing and acting, Moscone was also known for his rich voice acting career, in which he voiced characters in films and series such as The Jungle Book, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Dumbo the Flying Elephant<\/em>, and Cars. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The beloved actor and singer, who left a deep mark on Israeli culture, was born in Bulgaria and immigrated to Israel with his parents in 1948. Actor-singer Arie Moscone, the winner of two Ophir Awards, has passed away at the age of 78 after battling a long illness. The beloved actor and singer, who left […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2037255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[308806,376327,376328,354263],"class_list":["post-2037254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-israel","tag-israeli-culture","tag-moscone","tag-roger-waters"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Iconic-Israeli-actor-singer-Arie-Moscone-passes-away-at-age-78.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2037254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2037255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2037254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2037254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2037254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Arie Moscone’s music, film, and television career<\/h3>\n