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- Israeli pop singer Erez Halevi died at age 71 on Saturday.
- He is remembered for the 1984 song “Kach Bara Otcha Hateva” on his debut album Halayla.
- LGBTQ groups embraced the song as an anthem of self-acceptance.
- He said he wrote it to challenge expectations that Yemenite artists make Mizrahi music.
- Artists Dudu Tassa and Ivri Lider later recorded their own versions of the song.