Dragan Vučić ( mk, Драган Вучиќ; 6 September 1955 – 4 May 2020) was a Macedonian composer, singer, bass guitar player, philanthropist and TV host. His most famous songs are "Nika Nika", "Odlazim (Nikom nije nocas kao meni)", translation: "I'm going away (Nobody feels like me tonight)". Dragan was born in

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

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, but today in

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. Dragan composed numerous pop hits such as ''Svirete Ja Zajdi Zajdi'', ''Angeli Me Nosat'' , ''Kaži Zvezdo'' and many more. In the 1980s he was a singer and bass guitar player of

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band ''Tavce Gravce'', and in the 1990s he was the lead singer and bass guitar player of the

band ''Koda''. He composed the song ''Make My Day'', chosen to represent Macedonia in the

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. Later in his career from 1996 until 2020 he started hosting various TV shows on many TV channels in Macedonia.

Death

Vučić suffered from complications after contracting

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during the

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in April 2020. He died on 4 May 2020, in the infectious clinic in Skopje, aged 65.Preminuo makedonski TV voditelj i muzičar Dragan Vučić od korona virusa
''Danas''. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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* 1955 births 2020 deaths Macedonian pop singers Musicians from Skopje Macedonian people of Serbian descent 20th-century Macedonian male singers Yugoslav male singers Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia {{NorthMacedonia-bio-stub