“First my best man died, my siniša mihajlović, and then within three weeks my father and mother…” The story of a legendary Serb brings tears to the eyes

I was a big baby, five kilos and 250 grams, and 62 centimetres long... a hefty baby. My mother Zorka had some complications during the birth. Fortunately, everything turned out fine. My parents were originally from Knin, more precisely from the surrounding area – my mother from the village of Golubić, and my father from Oćestovo. They came to Slavonia in 1947 as part of the post-war colonisation. I have an older sister, Mirjana, born in 1961, and I’m the second