Amir Rešić

Amir Rešić "Nino" (22 January 1964 – 18 October 2007) was a popular Bosnian and Serbian singer in the former Yugoslavia.

Biography

Amir Rešić was born in Bosanska Dubica and raised in Bosnia, but after his studies he moved to Kruševac (in Serbia when still in Yugoslavia). He later converted from Islam to Serbian Orthodoxy and changed his Muslim name Amir to the Christian Nikola (Nicholas, Serbian: Никола), because his wife is Serbian Orthodox. After divorcing his wife he converted back to Islam in 2004 and changed his name back to Amir.[1] He died of pancreas perforation caused by prolonged alcoholism on 18 October 2007 at age of 43.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Umro Nino". Press (in Serbian). 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2010-11-30.


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