Popular Folk Musician Dies at 79

Ljubljana, 29 September - Lojze Slak, one of Slovenia's most popular folk music accordionists and bandleaders who also helped popularise the Alpine style of polka music outside Slovenia, died at the age of 79 early on Thursday.

Ljubljana Lojze Slak and Big Foot Mama. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Lojze Slak and Big Foot Mama.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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