Personal Life
She married Serbian tennis star Slobodan Živojinović in 1991, but did not convert to Serbian Orthodox and stayed a Muslim. Their wedding on 7 December 1991 was a supreme media event throughout the then-still-existing Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The lavish ceremony took place at Belgrade's InterContinental Hotel. The level of interest in the event was such that Brena's manager Raka Đokić even released a VHS tape of the wedding. Their very public relationship has been providing steady fodder for various yellow media publications ever since. The couple has three sons - Filip (Brena's step son), Stefan (born 1992) and Viktor (born 1998).
She broke her leg in a skiing accident in November of 1992 and it took six months for her to heal.
On 23 November 2000, their son Stefan was kidnapped. After they had paid a ransom of 2,500,000 deutsche mark in cash, he was released, having been held for five days. She currently resides in Belgrade, together with her husband Slobodan Živojinović and their three sons.
After her marriage, she moved to the United States and ceased cooperation with Slatki Greh. However, in 2000 they recorded another album together Pomračenje sunca, their last album together. After the debacle and family drama, she retired once again, for eight years.
Brena and her husband have a home in Coconut Creek in Pompano Beach, Florida, where they lived during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. She also has an apartment in Monte Carlo and another townhouse on Fisher Island in Florida. More recently, in 2010, Brena and her husband purchased a five bedroom villa with an in-ground heated pool on one of Miami's Islands. Purchase price of $1.6 million in cash.
Her father died on 22 October 2010 aged 82 after he had been injured in a traffic accident.
Brena was hospitalized on 27 July 2012 when she complained of pain and was diagnosed with venous thrombosis, a blood clot. She remained in the hospital for three days, then was released. A similar incident occurred in 2004 when a blood clot in her hand was removed. In August 2012, she was forced to cancel three months of scheduled concerts to deal with further complications with her illness.
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