was named in Monteno's honour Monteno was diagnosed with diabetes in the late 1990s and received three-hour dialysis twice a week at the
University Hospital Centre Zagreb. Diabetes weakened his heart and Monteno felt that the stress of the war in his country also contributed to his illness. Monteno suffered a heart attack on 30 December 2011 and had bypass surgery in January 2012. A performance at the 2012
Split Festival that summer was cancelled due to health issues and rumors of his death circled the internet on 10 October 2012, even being picked up as fact by media in the region. On 15 November 2014, after nearly three years of waiting, Monteno received a phone call that a kidney was available for transplant. He received the transplant the following morning in Zagreb. He was again hospitalized in December 2014 and doctors believed that his "body did not accept the kidney that was transplanted in November." Monteno died on January 21, 2015, at
Zagreb Rebro Hospital of
pneumonia and
sepsis. In the hospital, doctors fought for Monteno's life for hours to no avail. He was buried in his hometown of
Sarajevo at the
Bare Cemetery on 28 January 2015, seven days after his death. ==Discography==