Watch: Netanyahu at the funeral of singer Dedi Graucher

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived together with his wife for the funeral of his good friend, the late Hasidic singer Dedi Graucher z"l, who is now being laid to rest after passing away last night (Monday) after a long battle with a serious illness.

Family members, friends, public figures, and a large crowd that accompanied the beloved singer on his last journey came to the funeral, which was held at the Eretz HaChaim Cemetery, in Beit Shemesh.

Netanyahu: "He would just walk into the room and I would smile"

Netanyahu, who delivered the eulogy for his good friend, opened and said: "Dedi illuminated our lives, light emanated from him, witty humor emanated from him, a great soul emanated from him and all of these touched us. Dedi knew how to make the world laugh, Dedi would enter the room and as soon as he said a word I would be Smiling, it can be in difficult moments, and he was there in the most difficult moments and I would smile"

Graucher, who was 62 years old at the time of his death, was one of the most prominent and successful singers in Hasidic music of the 1990s, his popular albums sold tens of thousands of copies and crowds filled his concerts. Among his outstanding hits: "Hebron the city of the ancestors", "He will redeem us" and "I will give you this land".