Francisco Alejandro Gutierrez (February 19, 1962 – October 22, 2005), more familiarly known as Franky Gee, was an American

United States

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 soldier who became the frontman for the German

Germany

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 Europop

Europop

Europop refers to a style of pop music that first developed in today's form in Europe, throughout the late 1970s. Europop topped the charts throughout the 1980s and ’90s...

 group Captain Jack

Captain Jack (band)

Captain Jack is a musical duo, specializing in Eurodance music, originating from Germany.- History :Its members were Francisco Alejandro Gutierrez , and Sunny...

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Biography

Gee was born in Havana

Havana

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, his family emigrated to Miami, and he then went on to Majorca when he was young. After college, he enlisted in the United States Army

United States Army

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, and was stationed in Germany. While there, he began his career as a disc jockey

Disc jockey

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. He grew tired of military service and decided to stay in Germany when his enlistment expired. His clothing and mannerisms in Captain Jack were intended to satirize

Satire

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 the American military.

Captain Jack's music was widely featured on the popular Konami

Konami

is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...

 arcade game, Dance Dance Revolution

Dance Dance Revolution

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, and others in that series.

Death

On October 17, 2005 he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while walking with his son in Palma

Palma de Mallorca

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, Spain

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. He went into a coma

Coma

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and subsequently died five days later.