Roger Marcel Cicero Ciceu (6 July 1970 – 24 March 2016) was a German

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and pop musician.

Biography

Roger Cicero was born in 1970 in Berlin to Romanian jazz pianist

Eugen Cicero Eugen Cicero (born Eugen Ciceu; 27 June 1940 – 5 December 1997), nicknamed "Mister Golden Hands", was a Romanian-Germany, German jazz pianist who performed in the mixed classical-Swing (jazz performance style), swing style. Biography Born in V ...

and dancer Lili Cziczeo. Cicero represented Germany at the

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in Helsinki his song " Frauen regier'n die Welt" ("Women Rule the World"). He finished 19th. 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. In late 2014, Cicero fell ill with

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(also called CFS or

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), which led to an acute case of

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. On 24 March 2016, he died from a stroke; his father, Eugen Cicero, had also died from the same cause.

Discography

Filmography

Books

* 2010: ''Weggefährten. Meine Songs fürs Leben'', Rowohlt, Berlin .

References

External links

Official website (in German)

Official MySpace page (in German and English)

Video of the song "Frauen regier'n die Welt"

Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cicero, Roger 1970 births 2016 deaths German male singers German jazz singers Musicians from Berlin People with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome German people of Romanian descent Echo (music award) winners German male jazz musicians Eurovision Song Contest entrants