Flowers mausoleum near her husband's grave. Memoirs The book titled “My Life, My Truth”, was released just three weeks before she died and is being sold at newsstands. Honours : Dame Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (8 May 1956). : Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (22 October 1970). Iran : Commemorative Medal of the 2500th Anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire (14 October 1971). Nepalese Royal Family: Member First Class of the Most Illustrious Order of the Three Divine Powers (2 February 1974). References in popular culture In the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, the fictional character of Tegan Jovanka, one of the companions of the Fourth and Fifth Doctors, and one of the longest running companions of the Doctor, got the name as a combination of Tegan, named by one of the producers' niece, and Jovanka, after Jovanka Broz. References External links 1924 births 2013 deaths First Ladies of Yugoslavia People from Belgrade People from Udbina Women in the Yugoslav Partisans Yugoslav Partisans members Serbs of Croatia Josip Broz Tito Officers of the Yugoslav People's Army Grand Cross of the Ordre national du Mérite Members of the Order of Tri Shakti Patta, First Class Disease-related deaths in Serbia