Yaron London
| Yaron London | |
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Yaron London, 2010
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| Born |
August 24, 1940 Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine |
| Education | Bezalel Academy of Art and Design |
| Occupation | Television presenter, filmmaker, actor, songwriter |
| Notable credit(s) |
Channel 1 (Israel) Channel 2 (Israel) Channel 10 (Israel) Yediot Aharonot |
| Spouse(s) | Nira London |
| Children | 3 |
Yaron London (Hebrew: ירון לונדון; born 24 August 1940) is an Israeli media personality, journalist, actor and songwriter.
Yaron London was born in Tel Aviv. His father was an actor, Bezalel London.
London studied at Herzliya Hebrew High School and the agricultural boarding school HaKfar HaYarok. In 1961, after serving in the IDF, he moved to Jerusalem to study graphics at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.
He lives in Afeka, Tel Aviv. He was married to Nira, with whom he has three children. In 2005, Nira suffered a stroke.She died in February 2010.
In 1962, during his studies, he began working for Kol Yisrael as a news announcer. He hosted HaYom HaZeh ("This day"), the first current affairs program in Israeli electronic media.
In 1969 he was sent by the Israel Broadcasting Authority to Paris as its correspondent in Western Europe. In the early 1970s he returned to Israel and joined Channel One as a talk show host, and later became head of the drama department. He also directed several documentaries.
In 1988 he left the television to become a correspondent and publicist in Yediot Aharonot. In 1990 he returned to Channel One, and co-hosted the children's show "Mesibat Gan" ("Garden Party") with Rivka Michaeli. In 1994, soon after the establishment of Channel Two, he made several documentaries for Keshet, including "The Fat Man with the Sony", a month-long travelogue in South East Asia.
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