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Marie Fredricksson (Dec. 9, age 61)

Singer Marie Fredriksson, one half of famous Swedish pop duo Roxette, died on Dec. 9 following a 17-year battle with cancer. She was 61.

ROXETTE’S MARIE FREDRIKSSON CAUSE OF DEATH
Fredriksson began her music career as a solo artist in Sweden in the late 1970s and early 1980s and found great success before teaming up with Per Gessle to form Roxette in 1986. Fredriksson provided the vocals and also played the keyboard for the group.

The female Swedish singer came from a working-class background, as her father was a postman and her mother was a factory worker.

Roxette first rose to fame with the 1989 hit single “The Look,” which reached the top spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. However, the duo became further known for songs like “It Must Have Been Love” — which appeared in the 1990 romantic comedy Pretty Woman — “Listen to Your Heart” and “Joyride.”