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With great sadness we want to share the loss of Ofra Bikel, who died at her home in Tel Aviv on August 11 at the age of 94.

Ofra was one of the most prolific and consequential producers in FRONTLINE’s history.

Over thirty years, her films covered topics around the world, raising questions about freedom and democracy, and then came back to the U.S., where she documented disturbing accusations of multiple cases of child sex abuse at a daycare center in a small town in North Carolina.

The investigation, Innocence Lost, would become a trilogy of films over the course of six years.

Ofra Yehiely Ichilov was born on Sept.

Born in Israel, educated at the University of Paris and the High Institute of Political Science in Paris, Bikel began her career in the United States as a.

Bikel was born Ofra Yehiely Ichilov in Tel Aviv on Sept.

We want to share the loss of Ofra Bikel, who died at her home in Tel Aviv on August 11 at the age of

Ofra Bikel, one of FRONTLINE's great filmmakers, passed away at the age of I remember her so vividly, with so much gratitude and admiration.

Her reporting highlighted improprieties in the case and all seven defendants would eventually be freed. That case sent Ofra on a dedicated investigation into the justice system, examining issues of fairness and due process, miscarriage of justice, unfair plea bargains and false confessions.

At least six more people were exonerated as a direct result of her films.

She won ma