WAP97041798 - 17 APRIL 1997 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: Former Israeli President Haim Herzog and his wife Aura, seen here in a November 1987 file photograph with President Ronald Reagan, died of respiratory ailment at the age of 79. Irish-born Herzog, the son of a chief rabbi of Israel studied law and served in the British Army during World War II, eventually rising to the rank of Major General in the Israeli army. He served as president from 19983 to 1993. cc/files UPI