Milo Hrnić (3 February 1946 – 16 September 2023) was a Croatian pop singer. His performances were characterised by emotional intensity and frequent crowd interactions. His resonant and forceful
baritone
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and distinct brand of poetic lyrics had proclaimed him as one of the most commercially and critically successful Croatian pop singers. Alongside
Tereza Kesovija, he was pronounced "the singer of the century" in his native
Dubrovnik
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.
Hrnić won the
Split Festival three times: in 1982 with "Vrati se", in 1983 with "Dalmacijo, ljubav si vječna" and in 1987 with "Dobra večer prijatelji".
Political activity
Hrnić was a member of
Dubrovnik
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's city council, originally with the
Croatian People's Party (HNS), but later as an independent.
Death
Milo Hrnić died from an infection in Dubrovnik, on 16 September 2023, at the age of 77.
Discography
*1980 – ''Milo''
*1981 – ''Samo ti''
*1982 – ''Lutaj pjesmo moja''
*1983 – ''Potraži me''
*1984 – ''Zagrli me jače''
*1985 – ''S tobom sam jači''
*1987 – ''Pozovi me''
*1988 – ''Ja neću takav život''
*1989 – ''Tvoja mati je legla da spava''
*1990 – ''Sad sam opet svoj na svome''
*1992 – ''Biser Hrvatski''
*1993 – ''20 mojih uspjeha''
*1994 – ''Na kominu moga ćaće''
*1997 – ''Sve me tebi zove''
*1999 – ''Vrijeme ljubavi''
*2007 – ''Zlatna kolekcija''
*2008 – ''Za sva vremena''
References
External links
Milo Hrnić at Diskografija.com*
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1950 births
2023 deaths
People from Dubrovnik
Croatian pop singers
20th-century Croatian male singers
Croatian baritones
Croatian folk-pop singers
Indexi Award winners