Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer-songwriter (b. 1981)
Todor "Toše" Proeski (Macedonian: Тодор "Тоше" Проески, pronounced [ˈtɔʃɛ ˈprɔɛski] (listen); 25 January 1981 – 16 October 2007) was a Macedonian multi-genre singer and songwriter. Considered a top act of the local Macedonian and Balkan music scene, Proeski's music was popular across multitude of countries of Southeast Europe. He was dubbed the "Elvis Presley of the Balkans" by BBC News. He died in a car crash on the Zagreb–Lipovac A3 highway, near Nova Gradiška in Croatia, on the morning of 16 October 2007, aged 26.