Folk music lovers across the former Yugoslavia are mourning the passing of legendary folk singer Halid Beslic, who died at age 72 on Tuesday, October 7, 2025. He has been hospitalized since August.

Known for his deep, soulful voice and songs that captured the heart of a nation, Beslic died after battling serious liver problems at the University of Sarajevo Clinical Center. Doctors had initially ...

Halid Beslic, one of the most beloved figures in Balkan folk music, has died at the age of 71. According to reports from local media and the University of Sarajevo Clinical Center, Beslic passed away ...

Thousands of people attend the funeral of popular Bosnian folk singer Halid Beslic, who also was also widely known for his humanitarian work during and after the country's bloody 1992-95 war, in ...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Tens of thousands of people from across the Balkans poured into the streets of Sarajevo on Monday to bid farewell to Halid Beslic, a Bosnian folk singer whose music ...

FILE - A popular Bosnian folk singer Halid Beslic who also was also widely known for his humanitarian work during and after the country's bloody 1992-95 war performs during a concert, in Sarajevo, ...