Ahuva Ozeri was an Israeli singer, songwriter and composer.
10 Facts About Ahuva Ozeri
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Ahuva Ozeri was born and grew up in Tel Aviv's Yemenite Quarter to a Jewish family.
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Ahuva Ozeri's father died when she was four years old; she had seven siblings.
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Ahuva Ozeri played the Bulbul tarang, an Indian musical instrument she learned from the drummer of Ravi Shankar.
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Ahuva Ozeri went on to release 19 more albums in the next four decades.
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Ahuva Ozeri released the 2004 hit song Sticker Song with Hadag Nahash.
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Ahuva Ozeri was the recipient of an award from ACUM in 2008 in recognition of her unique contribution to Israeli music.
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Ahuva Ozeri was "a founding mother of Mizrahi music" according to Arutz Sheva and "a pioneer of Israeli music" according to The Times of Israel.
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Ahuva Ozeri was first diagnosed with laryngeal cancer in 2000, when she had surgery.
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Ahuva Ozeri died of cancer on December 13,2016, at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, aged 68.