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Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 12:50 PM Dec 2019

Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson dies aged 61

Source: Guardian

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"Marie Fredriksson, who as the singer of Roxette was one of the most recognisable voices in 1980s and 90s pop, has died aged 61 following a long illness.

Her family said in a statement to Expressen, a newspaper in her native Sweden: “It is with great sadness that we have to announce that one of our biggest and most beloved artists is gone.”

In September 2002, Fredriksson had a seizure in her bathroom and suffered a cracked skull. A subsequent MRI scan revealed she had a brain tumour, and she was given a 25% chance of survival. She survived, but had health problems as a result of radiation therapy. She was able to perform until 2016, when she announced her retirement due to the effects of her illness.

Her partner in Roxette, Per Gessle, expressed his love for Fredriksson and her family, and said: “Things will never be the same.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/10/roxette-singer-marie-fredriksen-dies-aged-61





We'll have to sing it ourselves now...
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Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson dies aged 61 (Original Post) Scurrilous Dec 2019 OP
Maybe not a "deep" band but crafters of perfect pop bigworld Dec 2019 #1
I really liked her... Pachamama Dec 2019 #2
Oh no! I really liked her as well. Owl Dec 2019 #3
I always thought of her as sort of a female Steve Perry. Aristus Dec 2019 #4
Sad news Raine Dec 2019 #5
"It Must Have Been Love" Brainfodder Dec 2019 #6
Marie Mendocino Dec 2019 #7

bigworld

(1,807 posts)
1. Maybe not a "deep" band but crafters of perfect pop
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 12:54 PM
Dec 2019

And she had a great voice til the end. Sad for her fans and family.

Aristus

(66,462 posts)
4. I always thought of her as sort of a female Steve Perry.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:22 PM
Dec 2019

A voice so powerful, it could blast you out of your seat.

Her voice was the voice of my time posted in Germany in 1989 - 1991; an entrancing period of my life that I look back on fondly. It's a tragedy that she died so young.

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