Shosh Atari

{{refimprove|date=February 2009}} {{Infobox person | name = Shosh Atari | native_name = שוש עטרי | native_name_lang = Hebrew | image = Shosh Atari.jpg | caption = Atari in 1983 | birth_name = Shoshana Atari | birth_date = {{birth date|1949|11|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Rehovot, Israel | death_date = {{death date and age|2008|4|1|1949|11|24|df=y}} | death_place = Tel Aviv, Israel | occupation = {{hlist|Radio presenter|television presenter|actress}} | yearsactive = 1970–2008 | other_names = | relatives = Gali Atari (sister)<br>Yona Atari (sister) | children = | parents = | spouse = }}

'''Shosh Atari''' ({{langx|he|שוש עטרי}}{{lrm}}; 24 November 1949 – 1 April 2008) was an Israeli radio presenter, television presenter and actress, born as '''Shoshana Atari''' ({{langx|he|שושנה עטרי}}) in Rehovot.<ref>[https://www.ishim.co.il/p.php?s=שוש+עטרי Shosh Atari’s filmography] (in Hebrew)</ref> She was the sister of Gali Atari and Yona Atari.

==Biography== In the 1970s Atari joined Kol Yisrael and in the 1980s she was one of the stars of Reshet Gimel, where she was the host of the music hit programs - "Chadash, Chadish, U-mechudash", "Lohet", and other programs edited by Tony Fine. Atari was also famous as the host of the popular TV game - Pitsuchim of the Israeli Educational Television channel. A few years ago, Atari had a kidney transplant operation after having a kidney disease. After the transplant she went to Reshet Gimel but got back to broadcasting a daily show in Radio Lev Hamedina. In 2007, Atari returned to television as a star of Hakol Dvash, a dramedy on Channel 2.

==Death== Atari died of a heart attack at her home on April 1, 2008. She was discovered by her two sisters. She was 58 years old, and buried at the Yarkon Cemetery.<ref name=Ynet>{{cite news|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3526567,00.html|title=Radio broadcaster Shosh Atari dies|date=2 April 2008|publisher=Ynet|accessdate=23 September 2019}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|2269418|Shosh Atari}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Atari, Shosh}} Category:1949 births Category:2008 deaths Category:Entertainers from Rehovot Category:Israeli people of Yemeni-Jewish descent Category:Israeli television actresses Category:Israeli game show hosts Category:Israeli women television presenters Category:Israeli women radio presenters Category:Israeli Mizrahi Jews Category:Jewish Israeli entertainers Category:Kidney transplant recipients Category:Burials at Yarkon Cemetery Category:20th-century Israeli actresses Category:21st-century Israeli actresses Category:20th-century Israeli Jews Category:21st-century Israeli Jews