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Celebrated singer Esma Redžepova is at the age of 73 after a short illness. Gypsy Queen ESMA, ‘ music ‘, represented Macedonia (FYR) in the Eurovision Song Contest from 2013, along with singer Lozano. Despite missing the grand final was the participation of Esma is very important in the Balkan region. She was, in fact, a very large icon.

ESMA was hospitalized in november with a persistent pneumonia. After a while, she was released from the hospital to recover at home, but the infection was her eventually fatal. With the death of Esma Redžepova loses the Balkans an important icon. The in Skopje born singer started her career in 1956. They should occur around the world and on the very first Gypsy World Festival in India, she was elected to become the ‘ Queen of Gypsy music ‘. During her music career, she recorded more than 500 songs and sold millions of CDs. In addition, she also acted in several films. The late singer was also a political activist and ran several times in the viewer with her humanitarian projects. So they adopted around 47 children. They also came on for women’s rights.

Sad to learn about the passing of Esma Redžepova, who participated in @Eurovision 2013. Our condolences to her loved ones and fans

— Jon Ola Sand (@jonolasand) December 11, 2016

It was also big news when in the Balkans than in 2013 was announced that she and Lozano would represent Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö. Their original entry was called Imperija. After the publication there were a lot of negative reactions to the song and clip for example, places and monuments to see were those according to the Greeks to them accessories. Eventually came up with the song Esma and Lozano Pred da se radzden. The messy song could not convince and eventually ended up Macedonia in their semi-final on the 16th place with 28 points. In Western Europe the colorful appearance of Esma went quietly, but in the Balkans they saw how one of their greatest singers ever fell on the Eurovision song contest.