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Thousands Mourn Beloved Bosnian Singer Halid Beslic's Passing
10/14/2025
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- Thousands gathered in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on October 13, 2025, to mourn Halid Beslic, a Bosnian folk singer and humanitarian.
- Beslic died at 71 from cancer.
- Mourners filled the streets in a silent procession to the cemetery as tributes poured in from the Balkans and the diaspora.
- The 1992–95 war claimed over 100,000 lives and left Bosnia ethnically divided and impoverished.
