Roger Cicero Explained

Roger Cicero
Background:solo_singer
Birth Name:Roger Marcel Cicero Ciceu
Birth Date:1970 7, df=y
Birth Place:West Berlin, West Germany
Death Place:Hamburg, Germany
Genre:Jazz, pop
Occupation:Musician, songwriter
Years Active:2003–2016
Label:Starwatch Music

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

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

See main article: Roger Cicero discography.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009HildeRicci Blum
The Princess and the FrogPrince NaveenGerman version

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Roger Cicero will nicht schludern. Esser. Robert. 20 July 2011. Aachener Zeitung. de. 5 August 2011. 5 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005114004/http://www.az-web.de/news/topnews-detail-az/1758249/Roger-Cicero-will-nicht-schludern. dead.
  2. Kubitza. Michael. Roger Cicero ist tot. The best has gone away.... Bayerischer Rundfunk. 29 March 2016. 30 March 2016. BR. DE.
  3. Book: Barclay, Simon. Eurovision Song Contest – The Complete & Independent Guide 2010. 17 June 2010. 6 August 2011. Simon Barclay. 978-1-4457-8415-1. 161.
  4. Web site: Sing meinen Song - das Tauschkonzert.
  5. Web site: German jazz singer Roger Cicero dies, aged 45 . . 29 March 2016. 21 July 2018.
  6. http://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/roger-cicero/ist-tot-45101578.bild.html Hirnschlag mit 45 Jahren: Roger Cicero ist tot
  7. Web site: Trauer um Jazz-Sänger: Roger Cicero ist tot . Tagesschau. 29 March 2016.
  8. Web site: Roger Cicero: Hirnschlag: Jazz-Sänger stirbt mit 45 Jahren. Focus. 29 March 2016.
  9. Web site: Roger Cicero stirbt an Hirninfarkt - wie sein Vater . 29 March 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160331103115/http://www.gmx.net/magazine/unterhaltung/stars/roger-cicero-tot/roger-cicero-stirbt-hirninfarkt-vater-31456474 . 31 March 2016 .