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Lenart died on July 20, 2015, at his home in Ra'anana, Israel, of congestive heart failure, at the age of 94. He was survived by his wife Rachel, his daughter Michal (who had also served in the Israeli Air Force) and a grandson.
Jul 22, 2015 · Lenart, hailed in Israeli headlines as “the man who saved Tel Aviv,” died Monday at his home in Ra’anana, Israel. He was 94. He had congestive heart failure, his Los Angeles publicist ...
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Jul 25, 2015 · The first time I called Lou Lenart, who died Monday at the age of 94, he said he wanted nothing to do with me. It was 2009.
- Boaz Dvir
Jul 30, 2015 · The first time I called Lou Lenart, who died Monday at the age of 94, he said he wanted nothing to do with me. It was 2009.
Jul 21, 2015 · American-born Lou Lenart, who led the Israel Air Force's first attack to push back a crucial Egyptian advance during Israel's War of Independence in 1948, passed away on Monday at the age of 94.
Jul 26, 2023 · As the most experienced pilot in the squadron, Lenart led the mission backed by Moddy Alon, [future Israeli President Ezer Weitzman] and Eddie Cohen; Cohen died during the attack.
Jul 23, 2015 · In a long, swashbuckling career, he also helped airlift thousands of Jewish refugees from Iraq to Israel and was compared to the giants of American history.
