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Nickname:	QT / Mikey
Known for:	2gether, 2gether: The Series, Baywatch Hawaii: Charlie
Birth name:	Michael James Cuccione
Birthday:	5 January 1985, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Height:	5' 9" (1.75 m)

Due to his respiratory problems, he did not appear in the last few episodes of "2gether". Was admitted to a hospital with pneumonia in early December, where he died of respiratory failure on January 13. Had to film some episodes of "2gether" with an oxygen tank due to lung problems. January 17, 2001 - David Hasselhoff performed a tribute song at Michael's memorial held in Vancouver, Canada. Co-authored a book with his grandmother and created a cancer research foundation. His second bout with Hodgkin's came six months after and metastasized to his lungs. He required strong massive dozes of chemotherapy, a bone-marrow transplant and twelve radiation treatments around his heart and lungs with no guarauntee of survival. He did survive and the cancer was cured, but the tratments left him with permanent lung complications that would eventually lead to his death. His first diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease was in July 1994 at 9 1/2. He required six months of chemotherapy which put it into remission. His activism and creation of his fund had earned him many humanitarian awards such as BCTV's Saturday Child, Vancouver Leader of Tomorrow award and a YTV achievement award. As of December 2000 his foundation had raised $500,000 Canadian. Composed a 5 song album called "Make A Difference". The songs were written by Michael during his battle with cancer. The songs that are on the album are 1. Make A Difference 2. Don't Wanna Say Goodbye 3. Lock The Door 4. Never Give Up 5. When You Are Away. Older sister, Sophia, younger brother, Steven. Father, Dominic Cuccione and mother, Gloria Cuccione.

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