Amnon Dankner

Amnon Dankner (Hebrew: אמנון דנקנר, February 5, 1946 – April 5, 2013) was an Israeli newspaper editor and author. He was the editor of the mass-circulation daily Maariv for six years. Amnon Dankner was born in Jerusalem. His parents were the owners of Cafe Allenby. The family was secular, but he attended a religious school, Ma'aleh, where he was a classmate of Haim Be'er. He served in the Nahal corps and studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was married to Miri, with whom he had two sons, Yoav and Itai. Although he preferred Jerusalem, at his wife's insistence he lived in Ramat Hasharon.On 5 April 2013, at the age of 67, he died in his home from cardiac arrest. He is survived by his wife, two sons and five grandchildren.