Sabahudin Kurt (18 July 1935 – 30 March 2018) was a Bosnian folk and pop singer. Kurt represented

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

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in the

Eurovision Song Contest 1964 The Eurovision Song Contest 1964 was the 9th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following the country's victory at the with the song "Dansevise" by Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann. Organised by the Eu ...

with the entry "

Život je sklopio krug Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964, held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Before Eurovision Jugovizija 1964 The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, was held on 5 February at the Delavski Dom in Trbovlje, hosted by H ...

" ( en, "Life Has Come Full Circle"). He finished in thirteenth place, scoring 0 points. Kurt recorded his first song, "Dim u tvojim očima" ("Smoke in Your Eyes") in 1954.

Personal life

Kurt was born in

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its a ...

, Bosnia and Herzegovina, an only child. He had been married to Ismeta since 1966; the couple had two sons, Damir and Almir. Kurt was among the guests honoring Serbian composer

Kornelije Kovač Kornelije "Bata" Kovač ( sr-Cyrl, Корнелије "Бата" Ковач, ; hu, Kovács Kornél; 1 January 1942 – 13 September 2022) was a Serbian composer. Early life Born in Niš during World War II in the Nazi-occupied Serbia to a ...

on 25 November 2012 for the 50th anniversary of Kovač's professional career.

Later life

After suffering a heart attack and having triple-bypass surgery in 2007, Kurt retired from music and decided to live out the rest of his life in the Bosnian countryside. He moved to upper

Vlakovo Vlakovo ( sr-cyrl, Влаково) is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 1991 census, the village is located in the municipality of Ilidža Ilidža ( sr-cyrl, Илиџа, ) is a town and a municipality located in Sarajevo Can ...

village in the

Ilidža Ilidža ( sr-cyrl, Илиџа, ) is a town and a municipality located in Sarajevo Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has a total population of 66,730 with 63,528 in Ilidža itself, and is ...

suburb of

. He was again hospitalized 29 August 2014 due to "cardiovascular problems". Kurt died 30 March 2018 of undisclosed causes at age 82.

Discography

Extended plays and singles

*''Dim u tvojim očima'' (1954) *''Pjesma Sarajevu / Hvalisavi Mornar'' (1963) *''Mala Sarajka / Sarajevske noći'' (1963) *''Vaš Šlager Sezone '70'' with Hamdija Čustović (1970) *''Oj sevdahu što si težak ("Ilidža")'' (1972) *''Temerav, Temerav'' (1974)

Compilation albums

*''Zlatni jubilej'' (2004)

References

External links

* 1935 births 2018 deaths Singers from Sarajevo Musicians from Sarajevo Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina 20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina male singers Yugoslav male singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Yugoslavia Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1964 Bosnia and Herzegovina folk-pop singers {{Europe-singer-stub