Meir Einstein ( he, מאיר איינשטיין‎; 21 October 1951 – 23 March 2017) was an

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s broadcaster. He was born in

Herzliya Herzliya ( ; he, הֶרְצְלִיָּה ; ar, هرتسليا, Hirtsiliyā) is an affluent city in the central coast of Israel, at the northern part of the Tel Aviv District, known for its robust start-up and entrepreneurial culture. In it h ...

, Israel, and died in his home after a struggle with

muscular dystrophy Muscular dystrophies (MD) are a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare neuromuscular diseases that cause progressive weakness and breakdown of skeletal muscles over time. The disorders differ as to which muscles are primarily affe ...

Biography

Einstein began his career as a news anchor at

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. He later began to broadcast sports events in all areas of the Sports Department of Channel 1. Among other things, Einstein broadcast the main soccer games of the Sabbath, the basketball games of

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

in Europe and the Israeli soccer and basketball teams. In 2002, Einstein switched to a sports broadcast on Channel 10. He broadcast, among other things, the national team and Premier League soccer matches, with the commentator

Ran Ben Shimon Ran Ben Shimon ( he, רן בן שמעון; born 28 November 1970) is a former Israeli football player and the current manager of F.C. Ashdod. Playing career Ben Shimon was born in Petah Tikva, Israel, to a Jewish family. In 1987, Ben Shimon be ...

. Afterward,

Shlomo Scharf Shlomo Scharf ( he, שלמה שרף; born 1 January 1943) is a former Israeli football (soccer), football player and coach (sport), manager who now works as a regular commentator on Israeli Sport 5 TV channel. Scharf managed Maccabi Haifa to thre ...

, former coach of the Israeli national team, took the lead. Einstein and Ran Ben-Shimon also co-directed the Double Pass program together with journalist Emmanuel Rosen. From time to time Einstein also broadcast the Premier League basketball games. Einstein was the main broadcaster on the sports channels of Charlton Ltd., broadcast the Saturday edition of the press gallery on the sports channel and broadcast major events on Channel 1. In December 2016, Einstein announced during his program on the sports channel "Saturday in the gallery" that he is dealing with a medical injury to the muscular system, so he uses a wheelchair and his pace of speech is slower than usual. In its obituary, ''

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'' reported he was suffering from

References

1951 births 2017 deaths People from Herzliya Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent Israeli broadcasters Israeli male journalists Israeli television personalities Sports commentators 20th-century Israeli journalists 21st-century Israeli journalists 20th-century Israeli Jews 21st-century Israeli Jews Neurological disease deaths in Israel Deaths from muscular dystrophy {{Israel-journalist-stub