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HIS UNCLE DUTAN (SEPTEMBER 20, 1949 - SEPTEMBER 8, 2001) WAS AN ACTOR, ENTERTAINER AND AN ISRAELI WRITER, CHAIRMAN OF THE AMJI FOUNDATION.

BIOGRAPHY

BORN IN THE NAME OF DAVID BERGER AS THE ELDEST SON IN HAIFA, LAYA BERGER, A OFFENDER WHO CAME IN AND OUT OF PRISON, AND FOR A YEAR, BERGER WORKED AS A HOUSEHOLD MANAGER. HE HAD ANOTHER YOUNGER SISTER AND BROTHER.

DUTAN MOVED HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH IN DIMONA. AS A CHILD, IMITATION TALENT AND PLAY AND AT THE AGE OF FIFTEEN, WON FIRST PLACE IN ONE OF THE FIRST RETURNS PROGRAMS, IN REBECCA MICHAELIE’S JUDGMENT. HE ALSO TOOK PART IN THE KING'S MUSICAL AND I WAS IN THE PRODUCTION OF GUORA GOODEK.

IN MAY 1967 HE JOINED THE GOLANI BRIGADE. HE BALLETED IN HIS LARGE BODY DIMENSIONS AND COMIC SKILLS, AND AFTER THE SIX-DAY WAR HE WAS SENT TO THE GOLLINI CREW AND FROM THERE TO THE NORTH COMMAND. DUTAN WAS RELEASED FROM THE BAND OCCASIONALLY TO APPEAR IN PRIVATE PERFORMANCES AND SUPPORT HIS FAMILY.

AFTER HE WAS RELEASED FROM THE ARMY, DOTAN APPEARED IN THE MUSICAL "THE FAT UNCLE," IN THE PRODUCTION OF ETHAN GAFFEI, WHO WAS NAMED AFTER HIM INSPIRED BY DOTAN'S DIMENSIONS, THEN ABOUT 130 KG. UPON THE END OF THE PLAY, DOLL BEGAN ON A DIET AND RESULTED IN 50 KG OF WEIGHT.

DUTAN DEVELOPED A UNIQUE STYLE. HE IS A LOT TO IMITATE MEN AND WOMEN. HIS FAVORITE IMITATION WAS THAT OF SAMA DEMARIE, APART FROM IMITATION OF HER POETRY AND HER MOVEMENTS, ALSO HIGHLIGHTED HER DEEP AND ROLLING LAUGHTER. HE HAS BECOME A HOST IN VARIOUS ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS, AND ALSO A DISCOUNT FOR TELEVISION SHOWS. AMONG OTHER THINGS, HE INSTRUCTED AND RAN THE RADIO PROGRAM "LUKON FALLS ON THE THORN" WHICH HOSTED MANY ENTERTAINERS, "THAT'S WHAT'S" (A PLAN THAT'S), AND "THREE IN THE GYGIC" ON THE JACKPOT.

PRIOR TO HIS DEATH, DUTAN WAS ABLE TO RAISE A SINGLE PRESENTATION CALLED “LITTLE DEMON” DEPICTING HIS DIFFICULT CHILDHOOD, A SHOW THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND EVEN CONTINUED TO RUN AFTER HIS DEATH.

APART FROM HIS PROFESSION AS AN ARTIST AND ENTERTAINER, DOTAN RELEASED 17 BOOKS AND VARIOUS GUIDES, AMONG OTHER THINGS A GUIDE TO A TRAVELER IN CYPRUS.

IN 1999, HE WORKED TO ESTABLISH THE A.M. FOUNDATION, WHICH ASSISTS ARTISTS, AND WAS ELECTED TO THE HEADS OF THE FOUNDATION, A ROLE HE HELD UNTIL HIS DEATH.

DUTAN WAS KNOWN WITH HIS HELP TO ARTISTS IN DISTRESS AND MUCH TO APPEAR VOLUNTARILY IN PUBLIC BODIES. FOR HIS HELP AND CONTRIBUTION HE RECEIVED THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER TO THE VOLUNTEER IN 2001.

HIS FAMILY
THE NAME OF THE FAMILY WAS ADOPTED BY THE SONG "DEMON VALLEY", WHICH HE SANG AS PART OF THE MILITARY BAND.

HIS UNCLE WAS MARRIED TWICE. WHEN HE WAS YOUNG, HE MARRIED LARRY BEN BENJAMIN, TO THE OLD TOWN OF DOZEN, WHO SERVED WITH HIM IN THE BAND AND WITH HIS HELP BECAME AN INDEPENDENT SINGER. THE COUPLE WAS BORN A DAUGHTER. FROM HIS SECOND WIFE MIRIAM WAS BORN A SON AND DAUGHTER. HIS SON IN JUNE WAS ILL IN CANCER, BUT THE BEGINNINGS AND DAYS WERE DIRECTOR OF THE ADHD PLAYERS’ AGENCY. HIS DAUGHTER NEIL IS THE DIVORCE OF URI LEBY, THE SON OF DESIGNER DANIELA LEBY.

HIS DEATH
HIS UNCLE DUTAN DIED ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2001 FROM A CARDIAC ARREST WHILE TRAVELING IN TURKEY. ARRO WAS PRESENTED AT THE STAGE THEATER A DAY AFTER HIS SUDDEN DEATH. HIS FUNERAL CAME HUNDREDS OF ARTISTS WHO CAME TO SHARE HIS LAST HONOR.

THIS IS HOW HE EXPRESSED THE CHARACTER OF THE SINGER-IN-MAN, WHEN HE WAS TOLD OF HIS DEATH:

ETERNAL AND HONOUR
HIS NAME WAS CALLED THE STREETS IN NETANYA, IN RAMLA, ON THE FIRST TO ZION, AT THE LEVEL OF THE LORD AND IN HIS HEART.
IN NOVEMBER 2021, A SHOW FOR REMEMBERING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH AT THE STAGE THEATER.

HIS NUMBERS.

THE WEST FOR ORDER
I'M MY GRANDFATHER.
FATHER'S SONGS ON MICHAL AND AT ALL.
SONGS FOR JONATHAN MY BROTHER WHO IS MY BROTHER
A BITCH AND HER NAME IS
HALF A WOMAN TO THE HUSBAND.
I'M A GRANDMOTHER!
GOOD TRAVEL.
TWO FINGERS ON THE MAP.
THIS HAPPENS IN THE BEST FAMILIES.
LOTS OF DAD.
MOTHER.
FATHER.
I AND MY LITTLE BROTHER.
FISHING FISH
THE UN
THE BULL FALLS ON THE COLLAR.
A SMALL DEMON - AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY - WORKS FOR A THEATRE PLAY IN THE DIRECTION OF RAMI DANNON

DISCOGRAPHY
HIS UNCLE DUTAN SINGS AND TELLS CHILDREN, 1971
UNCLE DUTAN IN PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, 1973
UNCLE DUTAN IN PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, 1973
HIS UNCLE DOLL IN "ABRAHAM" 1982
CONFUSED LEGENDS THE NUMBER OF HIS UNCLES