Monica Morell (born Monica Wirz-Römer; 6 August 1953 in
Menziken
Menziken is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2023 the former municipality of Burg merged to form the municipality of Menziken.
History
Menziken is first mentioned in 1045 as ''Manzincho ...
,
Switzerland – 12 February 2008 in
Zurich, Switzerland) was a
Swiss singer.
She had a string of hits in
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
throughout the 1970s. Her biggest hit was "Ich fange nie mehr was an einem Sonntag an" which sold 1.5 million copies in 1973. In this song is mentioned a boy "Thommy", who died. In reality, ten years later, her son, also called Thommy, died. By the end of the 1970s, she quit the music business. She died of cancer in 2008, aged 54.
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1953 births
2008 deaths
People from Kulm District
20th-century Swiss women singers
Deaths from cancer in Switzerland
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