The article examines the way in which the Yugoslav public reported on the death of the president of the Independent democratic Party Svetozar Pribicevic (1875-1936), leader of the Serbs in Croatia, many years Minister of Internal Affairs and of Education and one of the most controversial political leaders of the Kingdom of SCS/Yugoslavia. Apart from describing Pribicevic last moments spent in exile, the funeral in Prague and the impression that the news of his death left the Serbian and Croatian political circles and people, paying particular attention to a review of some politicians and intellectuals, as Pribicevic like-minded associates and supporters and those of a different political affiliation, Serbs and Croats, to his political action, which at that time published in the Yugoslav press. Most authors agreed with the fact that Pribicevic was an important person, which had considerable influence on historical trends and processes. They recognized a number of stages in his work, sudden twists that he passed from one extreme to another, stressed Pribicevic role in the creation of the Yugoslav state, his impulsiveness, diligence, ideological fanaticism and, in particular, Pribicevic personal honesty and integrity. Opposition newspapers Yugoslav orientation and those who were Croat separatists media difered in that the first brought by contributions that represented the most prominent Serbian politician from Croatia in glowing terms, while others looked through the prism of the exclusive Croatian national, not showing understanding for Pribicevic Yugoslav even in addition to policy support to the Croatian movement and co-operation with him, he began to run in the last period of life. It was only 1968th Pribicevic mortal remains were transferred from Prague to Yugoslavia, and buried at Belgrade’s New Cemetery. His desire to rest at his birthplace Glavicani near Dvor was not fulfilled. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 47027: Srbi i Srbija u jugoslovenskom i međunarodnom kontekstu - unutrašnji razvitak i položaj u evropskoj/svetskoj zajednici]
