Filip Nikolic (

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: Филип Николић, ''Filip Nikolić''; 1 September 1974 – 16 September 2009) was a French-Serbian actor and singer, best known as the lead of the French band

2Be3 2Be3 was a French boy band that was active from 1996 to 2001. History 2Be3 was formed in 1996 and comprised three childhood friends from Longjumeau (a suburb of Paris): Filip Nikolic, Adel Kachermi and Frank Delay. Inspired by English bands lik ...

. Born at

Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine (; literally "Audoin (bishop), St. Audoin on Seine") is a Communes of France, commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France, located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris. It is part of the Seine-Saint-Denis Department ...

, he was raised with two siblings in

Longjumeau Longjumeau () is a Communes of France, commune in the Essonne department, France. It is located south from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. Inhabitants of Longjumeau are known as ''Longjumellois'' () in French. History Longjumeau Party Sch ...

, a suburb of

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

. Filip was a French singer, but he also featured in acting roles in a TV shows such as ''Navarro'' and ''Pour être libre'', a series centred on 2Be3. He also appeared in the US movie ''

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'' with

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in 1999. He was also runner-up in the French version of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' in 2006.

Death

He died on 16 September 2009, aged 35, reportedly while preparing a solo album. According to the first reports the cause of the death was a heart attack due to a combination of pills he used to get to sleep.

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* 1974 births 2009 deaths People from Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine Male actors from Île-de-France French people of Serbian descent French pop musicians French male television actors Drug-related deaths in France 20th-century French musicians {{France-musician-stub