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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7046808.stm

 

Balkan pop star dies in car crash

 

Proeski's fame transcended ethnic divisions in the Balkans

Macedonian pop star Tose Proeski, a hugely popular singer in the Balkans, has died in a car crash in Croatia.

Proeski sang for Macedonia in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest and won many awards in former Yugoslavia.

 

Police said the 26-year-old's car was in a collision with a lorry on a motorway near the eastern Croatian town of Nova Gradiska.

 

In the Macedonian capital Skopje people wept in the streets. A day of national mourning will be held on Wednesday.

 

Local radio stations started playing Proeski's songs back-to-back.

 

 

When the car crashed Proeski was asleep in the passenger seat

"We all have been blessed with such a great singer and with his immense soul filled with love," Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski said.

 

"Macedonia and the Balkans lost an angel," said the head of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, Archbishop Stefan.

 

Two other people in Proeski's car were injured.

 

 

Proeski started his career aged 15, releasing his first album at 18.

 

I'm in shock. Macedonia has lost its greatest cultural ambassador

Vojo Mihajloski, Tetovo, Macedonia

 

 

He had several number one hits in four former Yugoslav republics - Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Croatia.

 

Among Proeski's hits were Cija Si (Whose Are You?) and Ako me poglednes vo oci (If You Look Me In The Eyes).

 

He sang both in Macedonian and in Serbian and was seen as a bridge between people in a region often divided by ethnic hatreds, correspondents say.

 

 

 

 

Sadly someone who could have helped bring these people together will now not be able to further his good work. Perhaps in death he can do so.

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Such a tragic waste

 

very talented young man

 

I watch eurovision every year and although i dont remeber him.It is still a tragic waste of a life.He obviously was liked and loved by many people in the balkan region.Thoughts are with his family at what must be a difficult time for them.

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The comforting thing is he can live on throught his music and continue to bring joy and hopefully peace to a trouble dpart of the world.

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I am going to Macedonia in September

 

I will pay my own touching tribute then

 

Light a candle for me please Rents when you are over there

 

I kinda felt like I knew him

 

:sad:

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I wend numb when i heard the news

 

It puts things into perspective

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Tragic.

 

The world wasn't ready for you big man

 

R.I.P:rose:

 

It's typical all the good die young

 

 

My ipod is just filled with his music, it is true what they said about him he really did have asong for every occassion

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Regal Kingston

"Oh Tose Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling

From glen to glen, and down the mountainside......"

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Remember, Lord, your compassion and love,

for they are everlasting.

Lord, have mercy.

[All Lord, have mercy.]

 

Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions,

but think on me in your goodness, O Lord,

according to your steadfast love.

Christ, have mercy.

[All Christ, have mercy.]

 

O keep my soul and deliver me;

let me not be put to shame, for I have put my trust in you.

Lord, have mercy.

[All Lord, have mercy.]

 

 

9 Lord Jesus, you have shown us the way to the Father:

Lord, have mercy.

[All Lord, have mercy.]

 

Lord Jesus, your word is a light to our path:

Christ, have mercy.

[All Christ, have mercy.]

 

Lord Jesus, you are the good shepherd,

leading us into everlasting life:

Lord, have mercy.

[All Lord, have mercy.]

 

 

10 Praise the Lord, O my soul,

and forget not all his benefits:

Lord, have mercy.

[All Lord, have mercy.]

 

Who forgives all your sin

and heals all your infirmities:

Christ, have mercy.

[All Christ, have mercy.]

 

Who saves your life from destruction

and crowns you with mercy and loving-kindness:

Lord, have mercy.

[All Lord, have mercy.]

 

 

11 Out of the depths I cry to you:

Lord, hear my voice.

Lord, have mercy.

[All Lord, have mercy.]

 

If you should mark what is done amiss:

who may abide it?

Christ, have mercy.

[All Christ, have mercy.]

 

Trust in the Lord, for with him there is mercy:

for with him is ample redemption.

Lord, have mercy.

[All Lord, have mercy.]

 

Absolutions

 

12 May the God of love

bring us back to himself,

forgive us our sins

and assure us of his eternal love

in Jesus Christ our Lord.

All Amen.

 

The following absolution is particularly appropriate when the Funeral service is set within Holy Communion

 

13 May God our Father forgive us our sins

and bring us to the fellowship of his table

with his saints for ever.

All Amen.

 

Collects for Funeral and

Memorial Services

 

14 Merciful Father,

hear our prayers and comfort us;

renew our trust in your Son,

whom you raised from the dead;

strengthen our faith

that [N and N] all who have died in the love of Christ

will share in his resurrection;

who lives and reigns with you,

now and for ever.

All Amen.

 

15 Eternal God, our maker and redeemer,

grant us [with N] and all the faithful departed

the sure benefits of your Son's saving passion

and glorious resurrection:

that, in the last day,

when you gather up all things in Christ,

we may with them enjoy the fullness of your promises;

through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,

who is alive and reigns with you,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever.

All Amen.

 

Thanksgiving for the Life of the Departed

 

16 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

who has blessed us all with the gift of this earthly life

and has given to our brother/sister N

his/her span of years and gifts of character.

God our Father, we thank you now for all his/her life,

for every memory of love and joy,

for every good deed done by him/her

and every sorrow shared with us.

We thank you for his/her life and for his/her death,

we thank you for the rest in Christ he/she now enjoys,

we thank you for giving him/her to us,

we thank you for the glory we shall share together.

Hear our prayers through Jesus Christ our Lord.

All Amen.

 

17 Merciful Father and Lord of all life,

we praise you that we are made in your image

and reflect your truth and light.

We thank you for the life of your child N ,

for the love he/she received from you

and showed among us.

Above all, we rejoice at your gracious promise

to all your servants, living and departed,

that we shall rise again at the coming of Christ.

And we ask that in due time

we may share with our brother/sister that clearer vision,

when we shall see your face in the same Christ our Lord.

All Amen.

 

18 Lord of all, we praise you

for all who have entered into their rest

and reached the promised land where you are seen face to face.

Give us grace to follow in their footsteps

as they followed in the way of your Son.

Thank you for the memory of those you have called to yourself:

by each memory, turn our hearts from things seen

to things unseen,

and lead us till we come to the eternal rest

you have prepared for your people,

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

All Amen.

 

19 Father in heaven, we praise your name

for all who have finished this life loving and trusting you,

for the example of their lives,

the life and grace you gave them,

and the peace in which they rest.

We praise you today for your servant N

and for all that you did through him/her.

Meet us in our sadness

and fill our hearts with praise and thanksgiving,

for the sake of our risen Lord, Jesus Christ.

All Amen.

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