Shosh Atari

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Shosh Atari (November 24, 1949 – April 1, 2008) was an Israeli actress. She was born in Rehovot. She performed in the series Sesame Street. She is the sister of Gali Atari.

In the 70's Atari joined Kol Yisrael and in the 80's she was one of the stars of Reshet Gimel, where she was the host of the music hit programs - "Chadash, Chadish, U-mechudash", "Lohet", and other programs edited by Tony Fine. Atari was also famous as the host of the popular TV game - Pitsuchim of the Israeli Educational Television channel. A few years ago, Atari had a kidney transplant operation after having a kidney disease. After the transplant she went to Reshet Gimel but got back to broadcasting a daily show in Radio Lev Hamedina. In 2007, Atari returned to television as a star of Hakol Dvash, a dramedy on Channel 2.

Atari died on April 1, 2008. Her sisters found her dead at her home.