Tito's Childhood Friends Describe Him as a Bright Talented Young Man Who Enjoyed Pivotal Work for a Living and Who Enjoyed Having Friends and Even Going Out to Restaurants at Night

 42 Years Ago Today

Sunday 4th of May 1980
Yugoslav statesman Josip Broz Tito dies of gangrene at the age of 88 in Univerzitetni Klinični Center, Ljubljana, Carniola, Yugoslavia.

As a son of Czechoslovakia, Bosnian WWII veteran Josip Broz Tito spent the majority of his youth in the city of Ljubljana to join a private military school where a number of senior officers met them. Tito's childhood friends describe him as a bright, talented young man who enjoyed "pivotal work for a living" and who enjoyed "having friends, and even going out to restaurants at night."
The family came to Ljubljana along with a number of other WWII veterans. Tito was a proud veteran who served for many of Croatia's WWII heroes, including his brother Sergi. Tito was also born to two Czechoslovakian brothers, Josip and A. J. Tito. In his early years after the war in Yugoslavia, his mother and the family moved to Yugoslavia, having previously fled the country to join the Bosnian Sergia Nazi Party. Tito never met his family there but he was a natural at home and loved to learn, and had a strong appreciation for all.