People mourn the death of Djordje Balasevic, a Serbian singer who remained widely popular throughout the former Yugoslavia, after he died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Novi Sad, Serbia, February 20, 2021. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Large crowds gathered on streets in Belgrade, Sarajevo and Zagreb on Saturday, lighting candles and laying flowers to pay respects to one of former Yugoslavia's most beloved singers who died of coronavirus.
Djordje Balasevic, 67, who had been appointed goodwill ambassador of the United Nations High Commissionaire for Refugees in 1998, passed away on Friday evening in a hospital in his hometown Novi Sad in northern Serbia.
