Roger Cicero | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Roger Marcel Cicero Ciceu |
Born | West Berlin, West Germany | 6 July 1970
Died | 24 March 2016 Hamburg, Germany | (aged 45)
Genres | Jazz, pop |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
Years active | 2003–2016 |
Labels | Starwatch Music |
Website |
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Roger Marcel Cicero Ciceu (6 July 1970 – 24 March 2016) was a German jazz and pop musician. [1]
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]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Hilde | Ricci Blum | |
The Princess and the Frog | Prince Naveen | German version |