Adi Talmor, Israeli journalist and news presenter, died from an assisted suicide he was , 58

Adi Talmor was an Israeli journalist and news presenter died from an assisted suicide he was , 58.

( April 11, 1953 – August 5, 2011)

Biography

Talmor was born and raised in Ramat Gan to Jewish immigrant parents who were Holocaust survivors. During Talmor's childhood, his father changed the family's surname to the Hebrew name "Talmor".
When Talmor enlisted in the military in the early 1970s, he attempted to join the Army Radio unit but he was refused and instead he served as an Information security inspector in the Israeli Air Force. Talmor was initially rejected by the Army Radio unit due to a medical problem which affected his pronunciation. After Talmor underwent rhinoplasty surgery, his pronunciation improved significantly and as a result he was transferred to the Army Radio unit.
At 25 Talmor began working for the Army Radio as a civilian employee. At this point he also changed his first name to "Adi".
Between 1982 and 1992 Talmor worked as a news presenter for the Israeli Channel 1 news show "Erev Hadash" ("ערב חדש"), for which he became widely known in the Israeli public. (At the time, this was the only early-evening TV news show in the country). During that period of time Talmor also worked as a news anchor and news editor at Israeli Army Radio, a job which he held for about 33 years. In addition, during those years Talmor gave courses in announcing at the Geva Studios. As part of his work in the Israeli Army Radio Talmor hosted the radio shows "Bamatzav Hanochechi" ("במצב הנוכחי") and "Betzohorei Hayom" ("בצהרי היום").

Death

Talmor was a heavy smoker. At the age of 58 he was diagnosed with lung cancer, and the doctors determined that he only had a few months to live. As a result, on 5 August 2011 Talmor ended his life by assisted suicide at the Dignitas clinic in Zürich, Switzerland. Following Talmor's request, on Friday, 5 August 2011, his body was cremated at noon and his ashes were scattered in a lake located nearby Zürich, Switzerland.^[1][2][3]
Prior to his death Talmor sent an email to his brother in which he directed him to his neighbor: there Talmor had left his will and farewell letters to his close friends and family members in a bag bearing the message "Thank you and goodbye." In a letter he left, he asked that those who honored his memory meet on Thursday, August 11, 2011 (a week after his death), next to his favorite spot at the Tel Aviv Promenade, "just before sunset" and conduct a short ceremony in his memory while several of his favorite songs played in the background.^[4]

 

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