Celebrity Death: Marie Fredriksson (61, Roxette)

[Savi]

Sad news, she'd been ill for a long time. I remember being a big Roxette fan when I was a kid.


Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson has died aged 61, her manager has confirmed.

The Swedish star achieved global success in the 1990s with hits including The Look, Joyride and It Must Have Been Love.

A statement said the singer had died on Tuesday, 9 December "following a 17-year long battle with cancer".

"You were the most wonderful friend for over 40 years," her bandmate Per Gessle said. "Things will never be the same."

source: BBC News

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[VictorLustig]

Very kind person, great voice. Mostly known abroad for Roxette with 75 million albums sold but she had some major hits in Swedish too. Survived her brain tumor 17 years ago but never fully recovered. Rip.

 

[firewagonHOCKEY]

She was very much part of what my generation listened to when we grew up.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Very sad. She had a hell of a voice, may she RIP.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

RIP Roxette is swedish excellence.

 

[Leonardo87]

Really liked Roxette in the early 90's was kinda young to really appreciate it, but always heard their songs on the radio or in the movies. I know they were huge in Sweden, and still sold millions of records there after their success in the U.S. RIP, I know she was going through a long battle, f*** Cancer.

 

[sr edler]

I know they were huge in Sweden, and still sold millions of records there after their success in the U.S.

I think they were bigger abroad actually, in Germany, Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries, et cetera. Sweden is not that big of a market if you want to sell "millions of records".

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

The MTV unplugged Roxette special is very good. Some of her best work.

RIP

 

[Guardian17]

I was a big Roxette fan in the '90s.

I still have a half dozen of their songs on my iPod.

 

[Supermassive]

My wife and I saw her on tour in 2012 and she could still sing well, but she barely moved while onstage. We surmised she was fighting something terrible. 17 years. Incredible perseverance.

 

[Osprey]

This is surprising and sad. I knew that she had, I think, a brain tumor 15 years ago, but thought that she beat it. I've been a fan of Roxette since I first heard them on the radio in 1988. I still listen to their music.

 

[Jumptheshark]

More of my childhood turns to ash

My first girlfriend loved It must have love and we had lots of fun to it

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

Sadly we’re going to lose more and more artists/bands like that

Dying from complications of the treatment instead of what you’re being treated for is some cruel irony

May your music and talent live on!

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

By sheer coincidence I watched Long Shot last night and a Roxette song happens to play a large role in the movie. It's a sweet, emotional in-movie moment made all the more effective by this sad news from the real world. Great voice. Stellar, timeless pop.

 

[Desdichado93]

a tribute to Marie by First Aid Kit, pretty good but quite a bit to the original.

 

[Baby Punisher]

:-(
RIP