August 18, 2019 Writers Sasson Somekh Iraqi-born Israeli writer and translator Died on Sunday August 18th 2019 Other writersHerman Branover Russian-Israeli physicist dead at age 94Marcel Labine Canadian poet dead at age 78David Kendall American television writer and producer and film director dead at age 68Volker Hage German journalist, author and literary critic dead at age 76Gordon Snell public figure dead at age 93Yair Garbuz Israeli visual artist, writer, and opinion journalist dead at age 80Zelda F. Gamson American sociologist, pancreatic cancer dead at age 90Len Strazewski American comic book writer dead at age 71Edith Eger Hungarian-American psychologist and author dead at age 98Gerry Conway American comic book writer, screenwriter and television producer dead at age 73More from IsraelHerman Branover Russian-Israeli physicist dead at age 94Yair Garbuz Israeli visual artist, writer, and opinion journalist dead at age 80Ittai Gradel Israeli-born British antiques dealer, renal cancer dead at age 61Amal Khalil Lebanese journalist, airstrike diesGideon Tish Israeli football player dead at age 86David Mena Israeli politician, lawyer, member of the Knesset dead at age 73Shlomo Breznitz public figure dead at age 89Michael O. Rabin Israeli mathematician and computer scientist dead at age 94Ari Ben-Menahem German-born Israeli mathematician and geophysicist dead at age 97Mohammed Washah Palestinian journalist, airstrike dead at age 39More from August 18, 2019Ivar VirginJosé A. Martínez SuárezJacques DioufSamuel GelfmanEncarna PasoCedric BensonHelmuth FroschauerKatreese BarnesIvan OmanSuffian Rahman Tags 18 August 2019 2019-08-18 August 18 August 2019 Iraq Israel Sasson Somekh Writers ←Samuel Gelfman Encarna Paso→