Žarko Laušević

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Žarko Laušević
Жарко Лаушевић
Born(1960-01-19)19 January 1960
Cetinje, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia
Died15 November 2023(2023-11-15) (aged 63)
Belgrade, Serbia
NationalitySerbian
OccupationActor
Years active1978–2023

Žarko Laušević (Serbian Cyrillic : Жарко Лаушевић; Serbian pronunciation: [ʒǎːrkɔlâuʃɛʋitɕ] ; [1] 19 January 1960 – 15 November 2023) was a Serbian actor. [2] He became a leading actor early in his career. By the age of 33, he was a major star across the former Yugoslavia on both stage and screen.

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Early years

Žarko Laušević was born on 19 January 1960, in Cetinje, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia. He got his first TV role at the age of eighteen. In 1982, immediately upon graduating from the University of Belgrade’s Academy of Theatrical Arts, he was cast in his first lead film role. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, he received mostly lead roles in 25 movies, 17 TV shows and numerous theatrical productions across Yugoslavia. During this period, he became one of Yugoslavia's most popular movie and theatrical actors. He won the 1987 Golden Arena award for the film Oficir s ružom (The Officer with a Rose). [3]

In July 1993, Laušević entered into a quarrel with a group of local youths, together with his brother. This escalated into a fist fight, culminating in Laušević firing multiple rounds from his handgun, killing two of the youths and seriously wounding one. Sentenced by a Montenegrin (republic) court to prison initially, his conviction was overturned by the Yugoslav (appellate) court on the grounds that the first-instance court had improperly dismissed Laušević's self-defense argument, and the punishment was drastically reduced. Laušević served 4 years and 7 months in prison before his release. But he faced further legal battles. There were appeals by the Montenegrin prosecution, numerous retrials and inconsistent, ad hoc rulings by the Montenegrin court system. In 2001, the prison sentence was reinstated to 13 years by the Montenegrin courts.

In the late 1990s, Laušević left Yugoslavia for the United States. It is speculated that the move was made due to possible revenge by families of the deceased. He lived in the United States for two decades, returning to Serbia in 2014.

On 29 December 2011, Serbian president Boris Tadić gave Laušević amnesty from further charges regarding the 1993 double murder. [4]

On 1 February 2012, Serbian deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dačić granted Laušević Serbian citizenship and passport. [5]

Death

Žarko Laušević died in hospital on 15 November 2023, at the age of 63. [6]

Filmography

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References

  1. ↑ In Serbia usually [laǔːʃɛʋitɕ] .
  2. ↑ "Žarko Laušević", Biography, 20. July 2017.(in Serbian)
  3. ↑ Stanković, Radmila (1 November 2021). "Žarko Laušević, Actor: Giving Up Is The Easiest, But I Didn't Want That". www.cordmagazine.com. Cord Magazine.
  4. ↑ "Tadić pomilovao Žarka Lauševića". B92.net. 29 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "Press Green". Press Online.
  6. ↑ Žarko Laušević passed away
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