Current sectionIsrael NewsIsraeli CultureLevi, an influential figure in the Israeli music scene, had suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease since 2005, which he said developed after a car accident. In a 2023 interview with public broadcaster Kan, he described his singing as instinctive and unpremeditated, emerging naturally rather than through conscious planningShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe07:53 PM • June 07 2026 IDTIsraeli singer Yishai Levi died at the age of 63 early Sunday morning after being hospitalized in serious condition.CommentsIn the NewsIsraeli Singer Yishai Levi, Prominent Mizrahi Music Star, Dies at 63'France's Grandfather': Jewish Philosopher Edgar Morin Dies at 104IDF Strikes South Beirut, Killing Two, After Hezbollah Fires at Northern Israel'Saxony-Anhalt Is Just the Beginning': Germany's AfD Eyes Power in the EastGreece Arrests Man in Suspected Hamas Cell Targeting Israeli TouristsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFar-right Israeli Ministers Join Thousands at Israel Day Parade in New York'Israel Is Unstoppable, We Need Other Countries to Get Us Out of This''Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report SaysThe Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the StartHow the U.S. Air Force Is Turning Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport Into Its Own BaseManufactured Nostalgia for Lebanon's Beaufort Masks a Strategic Failure