Sad news for the Serbian and Balkan community in Toronto and all of Canada… As a result of a car accident in this city, Angelina Čonkić (25), daughter of Nebojša Čonkić Čonta, the former frontman of the famous Novi Sad punk band “Pekinška patka” (Beijing Duck), has passed away.
Angelina will be buried in the coming days in the City Cemetery in Novi Sad, where her body will be transferred from Canada, the heartbroken family announced.
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“With unimaginable pain, we inform you that our beloved daughter Nina passed away on October 6th in Toronto due to a car accident. She is now among the Angels, as her name suggests”, reads the obituary signed by the bereaved, mother Mirjana, father Nebojša, brother Momčilo, and uncle Borislav and aunt Jelena with children Milica and Milan.
Nebojša Čonkić Čonta was born in Novi Sad in 1953. He was one of the most important authors and creators of the New Wave music scene in Yugoslavia in the early 1980s, as the leader of the band “Pekinška patka”.
After releasing two albums that became part of the anthology of Serbian and Balkan rock and roll, the band ceased to exist, and Čonkić continued his academic career, working as a professor at the Electrical Engineering School Center in Novi Sad.
He moved to the Canadian city of Toronto in 1994, where he teaches computer science at the Canadian state university Seneca.
The Serbian Times editorial staff extends its sincere condolences to Nebojša Čonkić and his family.
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Text: Serbian Times
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