Kija Kockar Attends Cremation of Professor Vuletic
The TV host had spoken about the professor earlier, and today she attended his cremation at the New Cemetery. Students left a rose and a Partizan scarf at his office door.
TV host Kija Kockar, a former student of Professor Vladimir Vuletic, was among the mourners at his farewell at the New Cemetery in Belgrade on October 17. Kurir reports that she came dressed in black, and its photographer Ilija Ilic captured her leaving the chapel alone.
According to media reports, Vuletic was cremated at his own wish, and the urn will be moved to the family tomb in Sabac. Many of his students, friends and family members joined Kockar at the farewell. The outlets covering the ceremony do not carry any statement from her at the cemetery. The words below were spoken earlier, in conversations with the media after news of the professor’s death.
Who was Vladimir Vuletic?
Vuletic was an associate professor at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, where he taught Roman law and legal history. The public also knew him as a former vice president of FK Partizan.
Telegraf reports that he died on October 13 and that his body was found in his Belgrade apartment. According to media reports, he was found in the sauna after no one had heard from him for several days. The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office ordered an autopsy with toxicology tests, and the cause of death has not been officially announced.
What did Kija Kockar say about the professor?
Vuletic taught Kockar at the Faculty of Law. In her conversation with the media she said she got her first perfect grade from him, and that he named her coordinator of first-year students while she was only in her second year. When he could not make it, she came in to prepare them. Of the trust he showed in her, she said:
He had faith in me, that’s why he appointed me coordinator.
She added that she once beat him in a debate, that he congratulated her in front of everyone, and that students kept coming to her for advice, which he noticed.
She learned of his death from a classmate. “A classmate of mine told me, and messages kept coming one after another,” she said. Describing their relationship, she said: “We were really close, out of my class I was the closest to him.” He was supposed to come to her place for dinner last Christmas, but it never happened. Kockar added that she then spent four months in Turkey and later went to America, and that she had only now planned to see him.
On the circumstances of his death, she said:
I don’t know exactly what happened, he had a lot of health problems, everyone knew that, and he had some other problems too, so I don’t know what to think. I read that it was locked from the inside. That’s nothing unusual, he was always handing out a key so someone could bring something over or take something away. He lived alone, once he hurt his leg and we were all worried about him
The media have not confirmed that the apartment was locked from the inside, and Kockar presents it as something she read. She also said they had not been in touch for some time. “I have so much to tell him,” she said.
What did students leave at his office door?
At the door of Vuletic’s office at the Faculty of Law, students left a rose and tied a Partizan scarf, the club where he was vice president. Kockar visited the faculty and shared a photo of the scene on social media, and Telegraf published a screenshot of her post.
Telegraf also recalls that Kockar had earlier spoken about her close relationship with the professor, including the perfect grade and her appointment as coordinator of first-year students while still in her second year. Vuletic died four days ago, and the farewell at the New Cemetery took place on Saturday.
