Kemal Monteno

Kemal Monteno (17 September 1948 – 21 January 2015) was a Bosnian singer-songwriter. His career stretched back to the 1960s. He recorded his first song "Lidija" in 1967 and has enjoyed a prosperous career in the former Yugoslavia. He is perhaps best known for "Sarajevo ljubavi moja", a tribute to his home town.[1]

Kemal Monteno
Monteno in 2011
Born(1948-09-17)17 September 1948
Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Died21 January 2015(2015-01-21) (aged 66)
Zagreb, Croatia
Occupation
  • singer-songwriter
Years active1967–2015
Spouse
  • Branka (m. 1971–2015)
Children2
Musical career
GenresFolk, pop, sevdalinka
Instrumentsvocals, guitar
LabelsJugoton, Diskoton, Croatia Records, Nimfa Sound

Monteno died at a Zagreb hospital of pneumonia and sepsis[2] on 21 January 2015 due to complications after the kidney transplant.[3] He was 66 years old.[4][5]

References
  1. Dizdarević, Zlatko; Ridjanović, Midhat; Alcalay, Ammiel (1995). Portraits of Sarajevo. Fromm International. pp. 50–51. ISBN 978-0-88064-167-8.
  2. "ZBOGOM: Kemal Monteno preminuo nakon teške bolesti". Ekskluziva. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. "Preminuo Kemal Monteno". Radio Sarajevo. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. "Umro Kemal Monteno". Fokus. Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  5. "Preminuo Kemal Monteno". klix.ba. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

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