at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv in serious condition on 30 May 2008. He died on 1 June 2008, aged 76, after a battle with cancer. Other In March 2011, street Nova 30 in Veternik, a suburb of Novi Sad, was renamed to ulica Tomija Josefa Lapida (Serbian for "Joseph Tommy Lapid street"). References External links Tommy Lapid: Champion of secularism in Israel on The Independent 1931 births 2008 deaths 20th-century journalists Burials at Kiryat Shaul Cemetery Chess officials Deaths from cancer in Israel Hetz (political party) politicians Israeli atheists Israeli columnists Israeli journalists Israeli opinion journalists Israeli sports executives and administrators Israeli television presenters Jewish atheists Jewish Israeli politicians Leaders of the Opposition (Israel) Maariv (newspaper) people Members of the 15th Knesset (1999–2003) Members of the 16th Knesset (2003–2006) Ministers of Justice of Israel Serbian Jews Shinui leaders Tel Aviv University alumni Yad Vashem people Yugoslav emigrants to Israel