{"id":973960,"date":"2019-12-10T07:27:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T14:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=924609"},"modified":"2019-12-10T07:27:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T14:27:36","slug":"roxette-singer-marie-fredriksson-dead-at-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/roxette-singer-marie-fredriksson-dead-at-61\/","title":{"rendered":"Roxette Singer Marie Fredriksson Dead at 61"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marie Fredriksson \u2014 the Swedish vocalist who scored a string of late Eighties and early Nineties hits with Roxette<\/a> \u2014 died Monday following a 17-year battle with cancer. She was 61.<\/p>\n

Fredriksson\u2019s management company, Dimberg Jernberg Management, confirmed her death<\/a>. Her Roxette bandmate, Per Gessle, also issued a statement on social media<\/a> and via Dimberg Jernberg, saying, \u201cTime goes by so quickly. It\u2019s not that long ago we spent days and nights in my tiny apartment in Halmstad, listening to music we loved, sharing impossible dreams. And what a dream we eventually got to share!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Time goes by so quickly. It\u2019s not that long ago we spent days+nights in my tiny apartment sharing impossible dreams. And what a dream we eventually got to share! I\u2019m honoured to have met your talent+generosity. All my love goes to you+your family. Things will never be the same. pic.twitter.com\/CTegAUGrXG<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Per Gessle (@PartyPleaser) December 10, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He continued, \u201cThank you, Marie, thanks for everything. You were an outstanding musician, a master of the voice, an amazing performer. Thanks for painting my black and white songs in the most beautiful colors. You were the most wonderful friend for over 40 years. I\u2019m proud, honored and happy to have been able to share so much of your time, talent, warmth, generosity and sense of humor. All my love goes out to you and your family. Things will never be the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fredriksson and Gessle were good friends when they launched Roxette in 1986 and found quick success in Sweden with their debut album, Pearls of Passion<\/i>, released that same year. International success would soon follow, but it would take a remarkable bit of happenstance<\/a> for it to come to fruition: An American exchange student studying in Sweden heard the band\u2019s hit \u201cThe Look,\u201d bought a copy of 1988\u2019s Look Sharp!<\/i>, brought it back to the States and gave it to a DJ in Minneapolis. Soon, \u201cThe Look\u201d was Number One<\/a> on the Billboard <\/i>Hot 100.<\/p>\n