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Robert Rosenberg (writer)
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Robert Rosenberg (1951 in Boston – October 24, 2006 in Tel Aviv ) was a writer, journalist, poet and Internet pioneer. He spent most of his adult life in Tel Aviv. He was survived, briefly by his wife, painter Silvia Rosenberg, who also died of cancer. The author of several crime novels, Rosenberg also collaborated with Moshe "Muki" Betzer in writing Secret Soldier. The autobiography of Israel's Greatest Commando .
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born in boston in 1952 and died of cancer in tel aviv
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writer
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