Roger Cicero

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

Roger Cicero
Cicero performing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Cicero performing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Background information
Birth nameRoger Marcel Cicero Ciceu
Born(1970-07-06)6 July 1970
West Berlin, West Germany
Died24 March 2016(2016-03-24) (aged 45)
Hamburg, Germany
GenresJazz, pop
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
Years active2003–2016
LabelsStarwatch Music
Websiteroger-cicero.de

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
Main article: Roger Cicero discography

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Hilde Ricci Blum
The Princess and the Frog Prince Naveen German version

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

References
  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. Kubitza, Michael (29 March 2016). "Roger Cicero ist tot. The best has gone away..." Bayerischer Rundfunk (in German). Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  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. "Sing meinen Song - das Tauschkonzert".
  5. "German jazz singer Roger Cicero dies, aged 45". Deutsche Welle. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  6. Hirnschlag mit 45 Jahren: Roger Cicero ist tot, Bild, access date 29 March 2016
  7. "Trauer um Jazz-Sänger: Roger Cicero ist tot". Tagesschau. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  8. "Roger Cicero: Hirnschlag: Jazz-Sänger stirbt mit 45 Jahren". Focus. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  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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