Singer Si Heiman said, Thursday, that her father, composer Nahum Heiman died in her arms on Wednesday, according to Maariv. Speaking at his funeral, she said they had joked and he asked about what it would be like when he was no longer there.
Si said she thought he felt he was passing on. She said while he was unconscious at Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba, it appeared he could hear her. She said she folded his hands and imagined they were hiking on Mount Gilboa.