Filip Nikolic (September 1, 1974 – September 16, 2009) was a French

French people

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 actor and singer of Serbian

Serbs

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 extraction, best known as the lead of the French boy-band 2Be3

2Be3

-History:2Be3 was formed in 1996 and comprised three childhood friends from Longjumeau : Filip Nikolic, Adel Kachermi and Frank Delay...

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Personal

Born at Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis

Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis

Saint-Ouen is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department. It is located in the northern suburbs of Paris, France 6.6 km from the centre of Paris....

, he was raised with two siblings in Longjumeau

Longjumeau

Longjumeau is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.Inhabitants of Longjumeau are known as Longjumellois.-Transportation:...

, a suburb of Paris

Paris

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Career

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

Simon Sez

Simon Sez is a 1999 action comedy film starring Dennis Rodman, Dane Cook, and John Pinette. The score for this film was composed by Brian Tyler.-Plot:Interpol agent Simon goes on a mission in France to save a kidnapped girl and defeat an arms dealer....

with Dennis Rodman

Dennis Rodman

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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 September 16, 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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