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Music World Mourns Matti Caspi, Towering Figure in Israeli Culture, After Cancer Battle
- Overnight between Saturday and Sunday, Matti Caspi, veteran Israeli composer, arranger, producer and singer, died at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv at age 76, leaving a six-decade musical legacy.
- In May 2025, Caspi disclosed he was coping with advanced metastatic cancer and canceled performances to focus on treatments, appealing for help through a fundraising campaign for costly treatments abroad.
- Over a long career, Caspi wrote and produced more than a thousand songs, won the ACUM Lifetime Achievement Award , and released Crazy Tropical Land with top collaborators.
- His family said they mourn 'The light of our lives has been extinguished' and confirmed he is survived by his wife and their four children, with funeral arrangements not announced.
- Caspi is widely regarded as a cornerstone of Israeli music whose work continues to define the country’s cultural soundtrack, and he kept performing even as his health declined in recent years.
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Israeli music legend Matti Caspi dies of cancer at 76
The singer and composer, whose compositions are considered part of Israel's core repertoire, first shared his illness publicly last May. Caspi composed complex yet accessible and transcendent melodies, and even graced the Eurovision stage in 1976
·Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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