Michael Cuccione

Michael Cuccione (January 5, 1985 - January 13, 2001) was a Canadian actor/singer born in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. His parents are Dominic and Gloria Cuccione. He had a older sister, Sophia and a younger brother, Steven.

Career

In July of 1997, a request Michael made to meet Baywatch star David Hasselhoff led to a role in a episode on the show as real life cancer victim Charlie Dodson Hays.

Related Topics:
1997 - Baywatch - David Hasselhoff - Charlie Dodson Hays

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The producers of 2gether had already agreed to shoot the movie and ultimately the tv series in Vancouver when they discovered Michael and cast him in the part of Jason "QT" McKnight. The series was an immediate hit along with the soundtrack from the film and the soundtrack from the show. The boyband spoof became so popular with fans and artists that they went on tour and opened for Britney Spears. Both soundtracks hit the Billboard Top 100. The 2gether movie was released on February 21, 2000. The series soon followed in August 2000 airing on MTV at 10pm.

Related Topics:
2gether - Vancouver - Jason "QT" McKnight - Britney Spears - Billboard Top 100 - February 21 - 2000 - August - MTV

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As soon as the second season started taping Michael soon began suffering breathing problems from complications from his earlier cancer treatments. He had to have an oxygen tank on set. His problems increased and soon had to miss several tapings of his show and public group apperances. In December 2000 Michael was unable to fight off the effects of a minor car accident, and he entered the hospital on December 4, 2000 with pneumonia. He spent the rest of his stay on a respirator and celebrated his last Christmas, New Year's and birthday in the hospital before succuming to respiratory failure on January 13, 2001.

Related Topics:
December - December 4 - Christmas - New Year

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