{"id":197100,"date":"2026-01-03T15:07:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T13:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=197100"},"modified":"2026-01-03T15:07:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T13:07:56","slug":"departure-of-a-journalism-legend-dejan-durovic-one-of-the-iconic-voices-of-radio-television-belgrade-has-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/departure-of-a-journalism-legend-dejan-durovic-one-of-the-iconic-voices-of-radio-television-belgrade-has-passed-away\/","title":{"rendered":"DEPARTURE OF A JOURNALISM LEGEND: Dejan \u0110urovi\u0107, one of the iconic voices of Radio Television Belgrade, has passed away!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dejan \u0110urovi\u0107, actor, announcer and host, one of the iconic voices of Radio Television Belgrade, passed away in Belgrade at the age of 88.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With his convincing, appealing and recognizable voice, Dejan \u0110urovi\u0107 was directly connected to the programs of Radio Belgrade for more than half a century. He was born on November 7, 1938, in Belgrade. He was educated in Valjevo, Belgrade, Ulcinj and Marseille, and graduated from the Acting Department of the Theatre Academy under Professor Mate Milo\u0161evi\u0107 in Belgrade in 1963.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He began his announcing career in the late 1950s on the newly launched Second Program of Radio Belgrade. In the mid-1970s, for the program <em>Inspirations<\/em>, he was awarded the Prize for Hosting Interpretation at the Festival of Yugoslav Radio in Ohrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"uschBboVfH\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/ekskluzivno-srbin-na-bozicnom-prijemu-u-beloj-kuci-filip-je-bio-medju-retkima-koje-je-tramp-pozvao-na-druzenje-evo-sta-je-video-i-doziveo-videofoto-galerija\/\">EKSKLUZIVNO, SRBIN NA BO\u017dI\u0106NOM PRIJEMU U BELOJ KU\u0106I: Filip je bio me\u0111u retkima koje je Tramp pozvao na dru\u017eenje! 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