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Donna Ares
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Azra Kolaković
1 January 1977 Bihać, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
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| Died | 2 October 2017 (aged 40) Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1997–2016 |
| Spouse(s) | Džavid Ljubovci (2011–2017); her death |
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| Instruments | vocals |
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| Associated acts | Halid Bešlić, Šerif Konjević, Kemal Malovčić |
Azra Kolaković (1 January 1977 – 2 October 2017), known by her stage name Donna Ares, was a Bosnian pop singer. Her final studio album Povratka nema was released in 2011. She died at age 40 following a three-year long battle with uterine cancer.
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Early life
Azra Kolaković was born in the western Bosnian city of Bihać to Bosniak parents Osman and Ajka. She attended local music schools and graduated in 1995, during the Bosnian War. She started attending a music academy, but stopped due to the ongoing war in the country.
In 1997 she started her solo singing career. She debuted in 1997, under her stage name Donna Ares, to sing in the Croatian Dora competition to represent Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Illness and death
Kolaković had been fatigued and losing weight for months before being hospitalized in early October 2014. She was diagnosed with uterine cancer and received chemotherapy at a hospital in her hometown Bihać before being moved to Sarajevo for further treatment on 21 October 2014.
She died at age 40 of the illness in her hometown on 2 October 2017, while in a coma. She was buried two days later next to her father who had died in 2003.
Discography
Studio albums
- Ti me više ne voliš (1998)
- Sviraj nešto narodno (2001)
- Čuvaj se, dušo (2002)
- Jackpot (2004)
- Nemam razloga za strah (2006)
- Fantastična (2009)
- Povratka nema (2011)
Remix and live albums
- Donna 2000 (2000)
- MIX III (2003)
Compilation albums
- The Best Of (2003)
- To mi nije trebalo - Best Of Donna Ares (2006)
- Deset godina sa vama (2007)
- The Best Of Donna Ares / Želim da te gledam (2010)
Other works
She is author of her autobiography book entitled Soba za nikoga (lit. 'Room for Nobody'), published in 2015 by Buybook; in the illustrated book, she confession-talks her disease, hospital days and remission recovery.
