In the first month of the new year, the good old bohemian Plovdiv was orphaned. From this world went one of the last great Cheshits of the city. Georgi Popov, also known as Joro Havata, left us at the age of 77 after failing to recover from a very ridiculous accident. While riding her bicycle, a woman abruptly opened the driver’s door and Popov fell into it, fell and after nearly a month in a coma died of multiple organ failure.
Joro Hawata is a hereditary filibel and was known to have traveled 1.5 million kilometers. In other words, he circumnavigated the equator three times. Since then, he has crossed the border of every European country, going 320 times in Turkey alone.
He is a holder of the Order of Labor, three times winner of the Golden Helm of the Union of Bulgarian Motorists, five times winner of the Bulgarian Tourism Association. He brought all the cars of “Agrobusinessbank”, the buses of Botev and Spartak Plovdiv from Switzerland. Participates in 30 films. He is a personal friend and driver of Georgi Parcalev and Stoyanka Mutafova. More recently, he was the personal driver of Hristo Danov and Slavcho Atanasov when he was mayor of Plovdiv.
Georgi Popov is the son of one of the founders of Lokomotiv Plovdiv – Hristo Popov, known as Ito Tanka.
“My greatest pride is that I have many friends. There is nothing greater than God and friendship. Everything is temporary – it passes, but friendship remains forever,” Joro Popov used to say.
The team of Maritsa newspaper and marca.bg expresses its condolences to the family and relatives of Georgi Popov!
Bright road, brother Joro and God forgive you!
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