Filip Nikolic

{{Short description|French actor and singer (1974–2009)}} {{infobox person | name = Filip Nikolic | image = Filip Nikolic Césars 1998.jpg | image_size = 150px | birth_date = {{birth date|1974|9|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France | death_date = {{death date and age|2009|9|16|1974|9|1|df=y}} | death_place = Paris, France | occupation = Singer, songwriter, actor | years_active = 1988–2009 }} '''Filip Nikolic''' (Serbian: Филип Николић, ''Filip Nikolić''; 1 September 1974 – 16 September 2009) was a French-Serbian actor and singer,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/longjumeau-pleure-la-mort-de-filip-des-2be3-17-09-2009-641278.php |title=Nikolic's obituary (in French) |access-date=2009-09-17 |archive-date=2009-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922214600/http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/longjumeau-pleure-la-mort-de-filip-des-2be3-17-09-2009-641278.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tracarenje.com/Dogadjaji/Umro-Filip-Nikolic.html |title=''Umro Filip Nikolic'' (in Serbian) |access-date=2009-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801235451/http://www.tracarenje.com/Dogadjaji/Umro-Filip-Nikolic.html |archive-date=2017-08-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref> best known as the lead of the French band 2Be3.

Born at Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis, he was raised with two siblings in Longjumeau, a suburb of Paris.

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 ''Simon Sez'' with Dennis Rodman 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,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.20minutes.fr/article/347907/People-Filip-Nikolic-des-2be3-est-mort.php |title=News of Filip Nikolic's death (in French) |access-date=2009-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922191330/http://www.20minutes.fr/article/347907/People-Filip-Nikolic-des-2be3-est-mort.php |archive-date=2009-09-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ohlalamag.com/en/2009/09/filip-nikolic-dead-at-35.html |title=News of Filip Nikolic's death (English) |access-date=2009-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035559/http://www.ohlalamag.com/en/2009/09/filip-nikolic-dead-at-35.html |archive-date=2018-08-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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