Rajko Dujmić (7 August 1954 – 4 August 2020) was a Croatian songwriter, composer and music producer best known as a member of the pop group
Novi fosili.
He composed the winner entry of
Eurovision Song Contest 1989, "
Rock me", along with Stevo Cvikić. They also composed the two previous Yugoslav entries, "
Ja sam za ples", sung by Novi fosili, and "
Mangup", sung by
Srebrna Krila.
He received the
Porin award for lifetime achievement at the Croatian music awards in 2013.
Personal life
He married his wife Snježana on 2 December 1990. He had a son Tin from a previous marriage.
After involnment in a
traffic accident
A traffic collision, also known as a motor vehicle collision, or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other moving or stationary obstruction, such as a tree, pole or building. Tr ...
in the village of Stari Laz,
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Primorje – Gorski Kotar County (, ) is a Counties of Croatia, county in western Croatia, most of it based in the historical and cultural region called Croatia proper and some of it in Istria, including the Bay of Kvarner, the surrounding Northe ...
, on 29 July 2020,
Dujmić died six days later, on 4 August, at the
Rijeka Clinical Hospital Center. He was 65.
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1954 births
2020 deaths
Croatian songwriters
Croatian male songwriters
Eurovision Song Contest-winning songwriters
Road incident deaths in Croatia
Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery
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