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Legendary Croatian Athlete Zeljco Curkovic Dies; Former Reps

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Legendary Croatian athlete Zeljko Ćurković has died on March 17 at the age of 89. Earlier that same day, another sporting icon and father Dubravka Šimenca passed away; he was a representative for Yugoslavia in two different sports: handball and water polo.

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    Legendary Croatian athlete Zlatko Simenc has passed away.
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    Simenc was a representative for Yugoslavia in two different sports: handball and water polo.
Mar 17, 09:24 Zlatko Simenc has died; he was a Yugoslav representative in two sports and the father of Dubravka Šimenca.
Mar 17, 08:59 Dubrovna Simec's deceased is one who played for Yugoslavia on World Championship level to play different sport (24sata.hr).

Legendary Croatian athlete Zeljko Ćurković has died.

— [Mar 17, 09:27] Legendary Croatian athlete Željco Ćurković has died (Novilist.hr)

Zlatko Simić passed away; he was a Yugoslav representative in two sports and the father of Dubravka Šimenac.

— [Mar 17, 09:24] IMAO JE 88 Preminuo Zlatko Šimenc, otac Dubravka S̑imensca Bio je reprezentativac Hrvatske u dva sporta (Nacional.hr)

Zlotko Simić has died; he was a Yugoslav representative in two sports.

— [Mar 17, 09:23] Umro je legendarni Zlatko S̑imenc. Bio je reprezentativac Jugoslavije u dva sporta (Telegram.hr)

Zlotko Simić has died; he was a legendary Croatian athlete who played water polo and handball.

— [Mar 17, 09:23] Umro Zlatko S̑imenc. Bio je reprezentativac Jugoslavije u dva sporta (Telegram.hr)

Zlotko Simić has died; he was a former Yugoslav representative in handball and water polo.

— [Mar 17, 09:23] Preminuo Zlatko S̑imenc. Bivsi reprezentativac Jugoslavije u rukometu i vaterpolo (Index.hr)

(No additional distinct perspectives found in the remaining articles as they all report on Simić's death, his dual-sport career with Yugoslavia/Croatia/Serbia context and relationship to Dubravka Šimenca without introducing new conflicting viewpoints.)

— [Mar 17] Various sources (Slobodnadalmacija.hr through Vecernji.hr)