Ivan Vdović

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Ivan Vdović
Ivica Vdović
Background information
Also known as	VD
Born	(1961-03-14)14 March 1961 Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Died	25 September 1992(1992-09-25) (aged 31) Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Genres	New wave, punk rock, jazz
Instruments	drums
Years active	1979–1992
Associated acts	Suncokret Šarlo Akrobata Katarina II DDT

Ivan "Ivica" Vdović (14 March 1961 – 25 September 1992), also known as Vd, was a Serbian musician, drummer of Yugoslav rock bands such as Suncokret, Šarlo Akrobata and Katarina II.

In his junior year of high school, Vdović became a member of the band led by Milan Mladenović.^[1] He later played drums in Bora Đorđević's band Suncokret but became famous as the drummer of Šarlo Akrobata whose other two members were Mladenović and Dušan Kojić.^[1] He stayed with Šarlo Akrobata from April 1980 to October 1981, and then joined Mladenović to form Katarina II together with Bojan Pečar, Gagi Mihajlović and Margita Stefanović. After Mihajlović left the band, the name was changed to Ekatarina Velika but Vdović soon left the band in 1985.^[1]

The same year, Vdović was tested HIV positive.^[1] He was the first person in Yugoslavia to be officially registered as HIV positive.^[1] He died of AIDS on 25 September 1992^[1] and is buried in Belgrade.^{[citation needed]}

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External links[]

• Ivan Vdović discography at Discogs
• Ivan Vdović at IMDb