 In November 2017., Jović felt ill as he was driving his car and soon lost consciousness.He passed away before the paramedics could help him, in the age of 61.His funeral was attended by 2,500 people including Damir Krstičević who also came in a role of special envoy of Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, mountaineer Stipe Božić, Dragan Primorac and many other prominent Croats.