Aharon Yaakov Grinberg, Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, died this morning at Ayelet Hashahar settlement while on a tour of the Galilee with other members of the Knesset Internal Affairs Committee. He was 62 years of age.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at the headquarters of the National Religious Party, of which he was a member. Mr. Grinberg was stricken with severe pains last night and died early this morning. Born in Poland, he came to Palestine in 1935.
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