David Dantus Bogatir was born on April 9, 1941, in Mexico City, Mexico. His father, Marcus Dantus Wolenstein, was 27 and his mother, Judith (Ida) Bogatir, was 26. He married Reyna Litwak Gorodiezky in 1963 in his hometown. They had two children during their marriage, Monica Z"L and Mauricio Dantus. He died on August 24, 2022, in Karmi'el, Hazafon, Israel, at the age of 81.