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- Birth nameDavid Goldenberg
- Dudu Topaz was born on September 20, 1946 in Haifa, Palestine [now Israel]. He was an actor and writer, known for Hitchhikers (1998), Tel Aviv-Los Angeles (1988) and Dani VeGil (1973). He died on August 20, 2009 in Ramla, Israel.
- Found hanging from the cord of an electric kettle in a shower stall next to his cell. Topaz had been in prison since his arrest May 31, accused of ordering the beating of two television executives who had rebuffed his ideas for new shows, and the agent who had abandoned Topaz's comeback bid.
- Dudu Topaz studied acting in London. Upon his return, he performed with the Haifa Theatre and appeared in entertainment shows around the country.
- His first job in television was as an English teacher in the Israeli Educational Television.
- Topaz was an Israeli TV personality, comedian, actor, screenwriter, playwright, author and radio and television host.
- He attempted suicide in his prison cell at the Abu Kabir Detention Center in Tel Aviv on July 3, 2009, after taking an overdose of insulin, used to control his diabetes. He was briefly hospitalized.
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