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Roger Cicero

Roger Cicero

Musical artist

Roger Marcel Cicero Ciceu (6 July 1970 – 24 March 2016) was a German jazz and pop musician.[1]

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Biography

Roger Cicero was born in 1970 in Berlin to Romanian jazz pianist Eugen Cicero and dancer Lili Cziczeo. He is Babette Doge's young brother [2]

Cicero represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki his song "Frauen regier'n die Welt" ("Women Rule the World"). He finished 19th.[3]

In 2014, he was one of the stars of the Vox television show "Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert" (Sing my song – the exchange concert) along with Xavier Naidoo, Sasha, Andreas Gabalier, Sandra Nasić and Gregor Meyle.[4]

In late 2014, Cicero fell ill with chronic fatigue syndrome (also called CFS or myalgic encephalomyelitis), which led to an acute case of myocarditis.[5] On 24 March 2016, he died from a stroke;[6][7][8] his father, Eugen Cicero, had also died from the same cause.[9]

Discography

Main article: Roger Cicero discography

Filmography

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Books

  • 2010: Weggefährten. Meine Songs fürs Leben, Rowohlt, Berlin ISBN 978-3-499-62652-4.

References

  1. [1]
    Esser, Robert (20 July 2011). "Roger Cicero will nicht schludern". Aachener Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  2. [2]
    Kubitza, Michael (29 March 2016). "Roger Cicero ist tot. The best has gone away..." Bayerischer Rundfunk (in German). Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  3. [3]
    Barclay, Simon (17 June 2010). Eurovision Song Contest – The Complete & Independent Guide 2010. Simon Barclay. p. 161. ISBN 978-1-4457-8415-1. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Sing meinen Song - das Tauschkonzert".
  5. [5]
    "German jazz singer Roger Cicero dies, aged 45". Deutsche Welle. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
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    Hirnschlag mit 45 Jahren: Roger Cicero ist tot, Bild, access date 29 March 2016
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    "Trauer um Jazz-Sänger: Roger Cicero ist tot". Tagesschau. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  8. [8]
    "Roger Cicero: Hirnschlag: Jazz-Sänger stirbt mit 45 Jahren". Focus. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  9. [9]
    "Roger Cicero stirbt an Hirninfarkt - wie sein Vater". Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
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