Tommy Lapid, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tommy Lapid

Israeli radio and television presenter, journalist, and politician

Date of Birth: 27-Dec-1931

Place of Birth: Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia

Date of Death: 01-Jun-2008

Profession: writer, politician, television presenter, journalist, opinion journalist

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Yosef (Joseph) "Tommy" Lapid (Hebrew: ???? "????" ????, born as Tomislav Lampel (Serbian Cyrillic: ???????? ??????; b.
27 December 1931 – d.
1 June 2008) was a Serbian-born Israeli radio and television presenter, playwright, journalist, politician and government minister known for his sharp tongue and acerbic wit.
Lapid headed the secular-liberal Shinui party from 1999 to 2006.
He fiercely opposed the ultra-Orthodox political parties and actively sought to exclude any religious observance from the legal structure of the Israeli State.