Milovan Ilić Minimax

Milovan "Minimaks" Ilić was a Serbian radio and television host. He was born in the village of Lipnica near Kragujevac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He completed primary and secondary school in Kragujevac, and studied law in Belgrade. He started in the satirical magazine Jež, and in 1960 he moved to Radio Belgrade. He became famous as radio host of a show "Minimax". Show was broadcasted during decade of 1970's. "Minimum govora, maksi muzike" (reduce contento of speaking to minimum, increase content of music to maximum). Therefore was his nickname "Minimax" that followed him until the end of his life. He was host of many radio shows, most famous was "Tup tup" (hosted for 22 years). Show was with a lot of funny moments, and a lot of music. In his radio show, some of artist appeared for the first time. Communist party cancelled his show, so he was for a short time TV host of "Od glave do pete". That show was cancelled too, and in 1990, he went to TV Politika, and later TV Palma and TV Pink. In TV Politika, he became famous as host for "Minimaksovizija", TV show, with many celebrities as a guests. He read many interviews and other documents, just to prepare for his show and his guests. He was host at TV Palma in show "Nedelja kod Minimaksa". Author of more than 8 books, mostly his songs and short jokes ("aforizmi"). Born: 5 November 1938 (Lipnica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) Died: 9 February 2005 (Padova, Italy, aged 66) At the end of 2004, Minimaks received a liver transplant at the clinic of the University of Padova, where he died.