Marie Fredriksson (Roxette) 1958-2019

2019-12-10 by Voivod STAFF | 11 Comments
On December 9, Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson passed away due to complications related to her long-term battle with cancer.

She was 61 years old.

Her family expressed its grief on a local newspaper as follows:

It is with great sadness that we have to announce that one of our biggest and most beloved artists is gone.


Dimberg Jernberg Management celebrated Fredriksson's life as an artist, with the following comment:

Marie leaves us a grand musical legacy. Her amazing voice -- both strong and sensitive -- and her magical live performances will be remembered by all of us who was lucky enough to witness them,


As for her band partner Per Gessle, he stated that "[...] things will never be the same".



Source:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B55ELinpB2a/
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/10/entertainment/marie-fredriksson-roxette-death-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/10/roxette-singer-marie-fredriksen-dies-aged-61

Tagged: Roxette

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Saros
December 10th 2019
411 Comments


Always loved The Look, RIP.

Kusangii
December 10th 2019
8831 Comments


Rip : (

Voivod
Staff Reviewer
December 10th 2019
11747 Comments


Huge RIP.

MrSirLordGentleman
December 10th 2019
15343 Comments


hard RIP

Roxette ruled hard

NorwichScene
December 10th 2019
3399 Comments


RIP. Loved them when I was a kid. After battling cancer for 11 years hope she wasn’t in too much pain at the end

bigguytoo9
December 10th 2019
1504 Comments


RIP

Asdfp277
December 11th 2019
25977 Comments


rip

Dewinged
Emeritus
December 11th 2019
33196 Comments


Hard rip.

"The Look", "Joyride", "It must have been love", "Listen to your heart" became all time pop classics in my old days.

SitarHero
December 11th 2019
14826 Comments


Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus was one of the first tapes I ever bought. This band wrote so many bangers. Hard RIP.

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
December 11th 2019
31894 Comments


one of the absolute greatest to ever do it

RIP

rockandmetaljunkie
Contributing Reviewer
December 13th 2019
10121 Comments


Hard RIP

wasn't a fan but some of their songs were part of my childhood



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