Marie Fredriksson of Roxette dead at age 61

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Singer Marie Fredriksson died Monday after a 17-year battle with cancer, her management company has confirmed.

The 61-year-old was a successful solo artist in her native Sweden before joining with Per Gessle to form Roxette, the act that went on to achieve global fame.
The duo's breakout single was "The Look," reaching number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1989.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/10/enter...ntl/index.html

[Nadal Fan]

#### you cancer, another legend gone

[Flabbibulin]

Joyride was the first album I ever owned... listened to the heck out of it and pretty sure I still have every song memorized.

RIP

[troutman]

Quite the hit-makers - the title of their greatest hits album says it all: Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus!

[Erick Estrada]

Sad to see her lose the battle. She had a great voice and they had some magic going on in the late 80's and early 90's making catchy pop music.

[GirlySports]

Roxette was huge in the 80s and 90s.
Surprisingly in Asia. I believe there is a Cantonese version of each of their songs. When Cantonese music was at its peak.

[WhiteTiger]

Aw, dang. I loved the Joyride album

[tvp2003]

Heard them play Roxette on 960 this morning; didn’t realize this was the reason why

Some great tunes from back in the day.

Good memories from the 2015 playoffs as well, including this:

[Buff]

I haven't actively listened to them since high school, but I wore out my cassette tape back then!

Anytime I hear a Roxette song now it really takes me back to fond memories. They were awesome. Too bad they didn't put out more hit albums like they did when I was in high school.

[The Yen Man]

I loved Roxette when I was a kid. Look Sharp was the first cassette album I ever owned. I love that album, so many great hits with The Look, Paint, Dangerous, and Listen to Your Heart. Really saddened by the news. RIP.

[Redliner]

Another fantastic artist gone way too soon. So many Roxette songs were part of the soundtrack of my youth, and even today they're just so damn catchy. Glad I was able to see them live in Calgary in 2012 - my wife and I both thought it was incredibly brave of Marie to do a tour like that even though it was pretty apparent that she wasn't 100% well even then. Godspeed Marie. Heaven's playlist just got that much better.

[McG]

Very sad news. She fought for so long.

Roxette has always been a sneaky pleasure of mine to listen to when driving.

I always wondered if someone in the Roxette camp saw the spike in airplay revenues from our 2015 run and was curious about it.

Great music.

[Mango]

Pop perfection.

"Spending My Time" is exquisite. I used to listen to it on repeat, memorizing every note. The refrain, in particular, is stunning. And the change-up toward the end

Thank you, Marie.