After a short illness, the king of Roma music, Ferus Mustafov (72), died tonight.
His family members learned the news of his death early this morning.
-"He died last night, we were told the bad news this morning. We are broken with pain, we all hoped that he would get well and come back to us, but unfortunately he left us. Some media mentioned that according to his wishes, the funeral will be in Shtip, where he was born and where he lived with his family in recent years, but according to the latest information, he will be buried in Skopje" - say the family
Ferus had a stroke on April 26 and has been in the "8 September" hospital since then. According to the relatives, they hoped that the situation would improve, but unfortunately, it did not happen.
Ferus Mustafov was a long-time music editor of the first Roma private television station, TV BTR – National, and the creator of many entertaining music projects on TV BTR.