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Musical artist
Tomislav Iv?i?
(6 January 1953 – 4 March 1993) was a
Croatian
pop singer
,
songwriter
and
politician
. He died in a
car accident
and is buried in Zagreb at the
Mirogoj Cemetery
.
Life and career
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A native of
Zadar
, Tomislav Iv?i? became one of the most popular singers and songwriters during his appearances on 1970s pop music festivals. His specialty was pop music inspired by
Dalmatian
folklore
. One of his early hits included the
country-rock
influenced single "Nemam za kavu" from 1979. Iv?i? also wrote and performed "Ve?eras je na?a fe?ta", a song that would become a semi-official anthem of
Dalmatia
, often sung and performed whenever a Dalmatian athlete or sports team won a title or important game. He has written over two hundred songs and released twenty three albums during his career.
During the
war in Croatia
, Iv?i? wrote the song "
Stop the War in Croatia
" which charted in the Top 10 in
Australia
in 1991.
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In February 1993 he ran as
HDZ
candidate for House of Chambers of
Croatian Parliament
, and won a seat. A few weeks before he was supposed to take office, and shortly after a
Globus
interview
in which he was described as the "first Croatian senator," his automobile was involved in a traffic accident that would claim the lives of him and three other people.
His older half-brother
đani Mar?an
is also an accomplished singer and songwriter, as well as his other older brother Vedran Iv?i?, albeit to a lesser degree.
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Singles
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