Overview

• Aboutboul collapsed after swimming at HaBonim Beach near Haifa on July 29 and could not be revived despite an hour of CPR by Magen David Adom paramedics.
• The exact cause of death remains unconfirmed pending an autopsy that authorities plan to conduct in the coming days.
• Israeli Culture and Sport Minister Miki Zohar and industry colleagues have paid tribute to Aboutboul’s four-decade career and cultural contributions.
• A prolific performer with over 100 screen and television credits, he won both an Ophir Award and an Israeli Television Academy Award and appeared in Hollywood films such as The Dark Knight Rises and Rambo III.
• At the time of his death, Aboutboul was co-writing, co-directing and set to star in the film Jacob’s Dream, leaving the project’s future in question.