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Fighter Whose Story Inspired 'Ballad of the Medic' Dies at 80
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Originalיוסף חגואל, הלוחם שהיה מזוהה עם השיר "בלדה לחובש", מת בגיל 80
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- Yosef Hagual, linked to "Ballad of the Medic," died at 80.
- His Six-Day War injury inspired the song.
- Medic Shlomo Epstein saved Hagual's life.
- The song also reflected Epstein's death.
Yosef Hagual, the fighter whose near-fatal injury in the Six-Day War became associated with the song "Ballad of the Medic," has died at the age of 80. Hagual survived the war thanks to medic Shlomo Epstein. The song, written in 1955 and composed after the war, reflected Hagual's injury and Epstein's death.
Hagual was married with children and grandchildren.
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