Monica Morell (born Monica Wirz-Römer; 6 August 1953 in
Menziken,
Switzerland
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– 12 February 2008 in
Zurich, Switzerland) was a
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singer.
She had a string of hits in
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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
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People from Kulm District
20th-century Swiss women singers
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