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| Balkan pop star dies in car crash | Balkan pop star dies in car crash |
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| Macedonian pop star Tose Proeski, a hugely popular singer in the Balkans, has died in a car crash in Croatia. | Macedonian pop star Tose Proeski, a hugely popular singer in the Balkans, has died in a car crash in Croatia. |
| Proeski sang for Macedonia in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest and won many awards in former Yugoslavia. | Proeski sang for Macedonia in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest and won many awards in former Yugoslavia. |
| Police said the 26-year-old's car was in a collision with a lorry on a motorway near the eastern Croatian town of Nova Gradiska. | Police said the 26-year-old's car was in a collision with a lorry on a motorway near the eastern Croatian town of Nova Gradiska. |
| In the Macedonian capital Skopje people wept in the streets. A day of national mourning will be held on Wednesday. | In the Macedonian capital Skopje people wept in the streets. A day of national mourning will be held on Wednesday. |
| Local radio stations started playing Proeski's songs back-to-back. | Local radio stations started playing Proeski's songs back-to-back. |
| When the car crashed Proeski was asleep in the passenger seat"We all have been blessed with such a great singer and with his immense soul filled with love," Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski said. | When the car crashed Proeski was asleep in the passenger seat"We all have been blessed with such a great singer and with his immense soul filled with love," Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski said. |
| "Macedonia and the Balkans lost an angel," said the head of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, Archbishop Stefan. | "Macedonia and the Balkans lost an angel," said the head of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, Archbishop Stefan. |
| Two other people in Proeski's car were injured. | Two other people in Proeski's car were injured. |
| Proeski started his career aged 15, releasing his first album at 18. | Proeski started his career aged 15, releasing his first album at 18. |
| HAVE YOUR SAY I'm in shock. Macedonia has lost its greatest cultural ambassador Vojo Mihajloski, Tetovo, Macedonia Readers' comments He had several number one hits in four former Yugoslav republics - Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Croatia. | HAVE YOUR SAY I'm in shock. Macedonia has lost its greatest cultural ambassador Vojo Mihajloski, Tetovo, Macedonia Readers' comments He had several number one hits in four former Yugoslav republics - Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Croatia. |
| Among Proeski's hits were Cija Si (Whose Are You?) and Ako me poglednes vo oci (If You Look Me In The Eyes). | Among Proeski's hits were Cija Si (Whose Are You?) and Ako me poglednes vo oci (If You Look Me In The Eyes). |
| He sang both in Macedonian and in Serbian and was seen as a bridge between people in a region often divided by ethnic hatreds, correspondents say. | He sang both in Macedonian and in Serbian and was seen as a bridge between people in a region often divided by ethnic hatreds, correspondents say. |