{"id":198711,"date":"2026-01-20T15:12:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=198711"},"modified":"2026-01-20T15:12:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:12:51","slug":"departure-of-a-great-diva-legendary-singer-blagica-beti-dordevic-passed-away-in-her-80th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/departure-of-a-great-diva-legendary-singer-blagica-beti-dordevic-passed-away-in-her-80th-year\/","title":{"rendered":"DEPARTURE OF A GREAT DIVA: Legendary singer Blagica Beti \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107 passed away in her 80th year!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>The Serbian music scene has become poorer for another great diva. At the age of 80, Blagica Beti \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107, one of the most recognizable jazz and soul singers of the former Yugoslavia and Serbia, has passed away, media reports.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news of her death has deeply shaken the domestic public, especially since it comes just one day after the death of another great singer, Senka Veletanli\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beti \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107 - Po\u010dnimo ljubav iz po\u010detka\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nxtug1mY5rk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Beti \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107 was born in 1946 in Kumanovo. She entered the music scene at the end of the 1960s and over the decades became a synonym for emotional, powerful performances of jazz and soul in these regions. Her greatest popularity was brought by timeless works such as &#8220;Po\u010dnimo ljubav ispo\u010detka,&#8221; &#8220;Kraj moje tuge,&#8221; and &#8220;Nasloni glavu,&#8221; as well as many other hits that marked the lives of generations of listeners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blagica Beti \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107 will be remembered for her angelic voice, elegance, and the deep emotion she brought to every interpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/ideal-start-for-the-serbian-woman-olga-danilovic-advanced-to-the-second-round-of-the-australian-open-in-doubles-as-well\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">IDEAL START FOR THE SERBIAN WOMAN: Olga Danilovi\u0107 advanced to the second round of the Australian Open in doubles as well!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/serbia-waits-for-americas-response-nis-submitted-a-request-to-ofac-for-the-extension-of-its-work-license-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">SERBIA WAITS FOR AMERICA\u2019S RESPONSE: NIS submitted a request to OFAC for the extension of its work license! 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At the age of 80, Blagica Beti \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107, one of the most recognizable jazz and soul singers of the former Yugoslavia and Serbia, has passed away, media reports. The news of her death has deeply shaken the domestic public, especially since it comes just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":198712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[10816,10817,1844,113],"class_list":["post-198711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-serbia","tag-beti-djordjevic","tag-blagica-beti-djordjevic","tag-in-memoriam","tag-srbija","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Serbiantimes.info EN","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198738,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198711\/revisions\/198738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}