While living in Ćićevac at the very end of the war in 1945, he fell from a tree during a playground game and dislocated his hip.
[1] Due to that fracture, he had to wear a cast for eleven months after which he had to spend a lot of time in the Sremska Kamenica hospital and his education was late by a few years.
[2] From Ćićevac, the family moved to Zemun and shortly after to Požarevac where his father gained employment as a clerk in the Tax Administration.
[1] He was a member of the cultural arts society KUD Abrašević where he first received the nickname Kvaka thanks to his friend's mispronunciation in calling him a fakin (the Serbian language version of a guappo, usually translated as mangup).
[1][3] In 1968 in the Pančevo Army Hall, he met Budimir "Buca" Jovanović [sr] who at that time was already a known composer of folk music.
In 1970, he recorded his second single and at the Ilidža '69 Festival where the expert jury co-awarded him and Nada Mamula first place.
In March 1998, a large humanitarian concert was held in the Požarevac Sports Hall and all benefits went towards Spužić's recovery.