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.[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
Books
- 2010: Weggefährten. Meine Songs fürs Leben, Rowohlt, Berlin .
External links
Notes and References
- 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.
- Kubitza. Michael. Roger Cicero ist tot. The best has gone away.... Bayerischer Rundfunk. 29 March 2016. 30 March 2016. BR. DE.
- 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.
- Web site: Sing meinen Song - das Tauschkonzert.
- Web site: German jazz singer Roger Cicero dies, aged 45 . . 29 March 2016. 21 July 2018.
- http://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/roger-cicero/ist-tot-45101578.bild.html Hirnschlag mit 45 Jahren: Roger Cicero ist tot
- Web site: Trauer um Jazz-Sänger: Roger Cicero ist tot . Tagesschau. 29 March 2016.
- Web site: Roger Cicero: Hirnschlag: Jazz-Sänger stirbt mit 45 Jahren. Focus. 29 March 2016.
- 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 .
