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Life Guard Who Saved Many at Tel Aviv Beach Dead at 36

May 20, 1940
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Many persons who owed their lives to him today attended funeral services for Arieh Katz, famous Tel Aviv life guard who died here yesterday of a heart attack. Katz, who was the first life guard to be employed at the Tel Aviv municipal beach, was a well known athlete in Vienna before coming to Palestine. He was 36 years old and served as a life guard for the past 15 years.

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