Background
Ehud Weiner (later Manor) was born in Binyamina.
Ehud Weiner (later Manor) was born in Binyamina.
He had two brothers, Zvi and Yehuda. Ehud"s other brother, Ze"ev, committed suicide in 2003 as a result of financial trouble. Ehud Manor, who had been a heavy smoker earlier in his life, was diagnosed with lung cancer in the early 2000s.
Although he recovered, the cancer treatment weakened his heart, and he died suddenly on April 12, 2005, aged 63, of cardiac arrest.
Ehud Manor began working for Israel radio in the 1960s as a musical editors He changed his surname to Manor as it was customary at the time for radio announcers to adopt Hebrew names.
During his career, he wrote over 1,250 Hebrew songs, including "Ein Li Eretz Acheret" (I Have Number Other Country), "Brit Olam" (World Covenant), "BaShanah HaBa"ah" (Next Year) which became an international standard, "Zo Yalduti HaShniya" (This Is My Second Childhood), and "Ahi HaTza"ir Yehuda" (My Younger Brother Yehuda). Also a successful translator, Manor translated more than 600 works into Hebrew, including such Broadway hits as Cabaret and Les Misérables.
In addition, he translated Barney songs into Hebrew for the Israeli coproduction "Hachaverim Shel Barney".