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- ↑ Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0, pp. 387–8.
- ↑ "Cukon (U/Cukon__) - Reddit".
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Mladen Cukon is now retired and living in Pula. He has one daughter and one son. Also he has two granddaughters named Mia(21) and Chiara(12). Wife named Mirjana is spending her last days with Mladen.