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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 2, 2010 · After World War II, Lenart learned that 14 relatives in Hungary had been killed in Auschwitz, so it took little added incentive for the ex-captain to clandestinely join the effort to smuggle ...
Jul 21, 2015 · Israeli war hero Lou Lenart, an American fighter pilot who led an Israeli air attack during the War of Independence that fended off an Egyptian raid on Tel Aviv, died Monday at the age of 94.
Jan 9, 2007 · Four faltering planes went out on the mission and managed to block the Egyptians against all odds. 58 years later, Lou Lenart, who was a pilot in that attack in 1948 and is now a Hollywood...
Jul 26, 2023 · When he passed away in Ra’anana on July 20, 2015 at age 94, Lenart’s funeral at Kefar Nachman Cemetery was attended by many high-ranking officers of the Israeli Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps.
Jul 21, 2015 · Lenart died Monday at his home in Raanana, Israel, of heart and kidney failure. He was 94. His funeral on July 22 at the Kefar Nachman Cemetery in Raanana will be attended by high-ranking officers of the U.S. Marine Corps and Israeli Air Force, according to Lenart’s wife, Rachel Nir.
Lou Lenart died on July 20, 2015, at age 94 in his home in Ra'anana, Israel. He was survived by his wife, daughter, and grandson. Sources: Chawkins, Steve. “Lou Lenart dies at 94; war hero was 'the man who saved Tel Aviv',” LA Times, (July 21, 2015) JTA.
