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Former Knesset speaker Dan Tichon dies at 87
Former Knesset speaker for the Likud party, Dan Tichon,on July 7, 2007. (Orel Cohen/Flash90)
Former Knesset speaker Dan Tichon has died at the age of 87, Hebrew media reports.
Tichon was a lawmaker for the Likud party from 1981 to 1999. In 1996-1999 he also served as Israel’s 14th parliament speaker.
He is survived by his wife, two children, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
His funeral will be held tomorrow at 4 p.m. at the Great Leaders of the Nation’s Plot in Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl cemetery.
