She had been fatigued and losing weight for months before being hospitalized in early October 2014. She was diagnosed with uterine cancer and received chemotherapy at a hospital in her hometown Bihac before being moved to Sarajevo for further treatment on October 21, 2014. She died on October 2, 2017 in her hometown Bihac after 3 years of battling with the disease at age 40. She was survived by her husband of 6 years Dzavid Ljubovci, they were together since the 1990s.