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Rajko Dujmić
Born (1954-08-07)7 August 1954
Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Died 4 August 2020(2020-08-04) (aged 65)
Rijeka, Croatia
Occupation
  • Songwriter
  • composer
  • music producer
Years active 1974–2020
Spouse(s)
Snježana Dujmić
(m. 1990)
Children 1
Musical career
Genres Pop
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
  • violin
Labels
Associated acts Novi fosili

Rajko Dujmić (7 August 1954 – 4 August 2020) was a Croatian songwriter, composer and music producer best known as a member of the pop group Novi fosili.

He composed the winner entry of Eurovision Song Contest 1989, "Rock me", along with Stevo Cvikić. They also composed the two previous Yugoslavian entries, "Ja sam za ples", sung by Novi fosili, and "Mangup", sung by Srebrna Krila.

He received the Porin award for lifetime achievement at the Croatian music awards in 2013.

Personal life

He married his wife Snježana on 2 December 1990. He had a son Tin from a previous marriage.

After he was involved in a traffic accident in the village of Stari Laz, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, on 29 July 2020, Dujmić died six days later, on 4 August, at the Rijeka Clinical Hospital Center. He was 65.

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