Actor Bekim Fehmiu, whose career spanned more than 40 domestic and foreign films, was considered a rarity in the former Yugoslavia. An ethnic Albanian born in Bosnia who spent much of his adult life ...

Milazim Salihu was shocked to hear on the news on June 15 that his best friend, renowned actor Bekim Fehmiu, had died at the age of 74 after committing suicide in his apartment in Belgrade. Salihu ...

When Bekim Fehmiu passed away, we lost more than just an actor. We lost a key part of Cold War history. He made Yugoslav cinema known worldwide, all while navigating diplomatic challenges. Some ...

Bekim Fehmiu (Albanian: [bɛˈkim fɛhˈmiu]; Cyrillic: Беким Фехмију; 1 June 1936 – 15 June 2010) was a Yugoslavian theater and film actor of Albanian ethnicity. He was the first Eastern European actor ...

One of the most famous actors in the former Yugoslavia, Bekim Fehmiu, has died in Belgrade at the age of 74. Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic confirmed the death of the star, saying that the ...

Veteran actor Bekim Fehmiu was found dead in his apartment in the Belgrade neighborhood of Zvezdara on Tuesday. Police said that the death was most likely a suicide. Veteran actor commits suicide ...

He also starred on his own side of the Iron Curtain, where he was later respected as one of the few public figures to resist the nationalism that preceded the ethnic wars of the 1990s in the Balkans.

Bekim Fehmiu was the first Eastern European actor to star in Hollywood during the Cold War.