Tzruya 'Suki' Lahav, Original Bruce Springsteen Violinist Who Played on 'Jungleland' and Toured With E Street Band, Dies at 74
Apr 2, 2026 4:36pm PT
Tzruya ‘Suki’ Lahav, Original Bruce Springsteen Violinist Who Played on ‘Jungleland’ and Toured With E Street Band, Dies at 74
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Tzruya “Suki” Lahav, an Israeli songwriter and poet who is best remembered by American music fans as a violinist who recorded and toured with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in the mid-’70s, died in Jerusalem Wednesday at age 74. Her son, musician Yonatan Lahav, wrote in a Facebook post that she died after a battle with cancer.
It is Lahav’s violin part that is heard at the beginning of one of Springsteen’s most cherished recordings, “Jungleland,” which closed out the “Born to Run” album.
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