Fame and death of Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson

Singer Marie was born in southern Sweden on 30 May 1958. She became close friends with her bandmate Per Gessle back in the 70s.

[Biography taken from The Mail Online]

They formed their band, Roxette, in 1986 and their debut single Neverending Love followed by the album Pearls of Passion in 1986 made them stars in Sweden.

But it was after the release of their single, The Look from Roxette's second album Look Sharp! that their fame grew on an international level.

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The record became the first of four US number ones for the band, while its parent album, Look Sharp!, went platinum.

Roxette achieved their biggest success when their 1987 Christmas single, It Must Have Been Love, was included on the Pretty Woman soundtrack in 1990.

It topped the charts in over ten countries, and gave the band their biggest UK hit, reaching number three.

They had six top two hits on the Billboard Hot 100: The Look, Listen to Your Heart, Dangerous, It Must Have Been Love, Joyride and Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave).

The band sold an estimated 75m records worldwide, and recorded 10 studio albums in total.

Marie married her love, Swedish singer-songwriter Edmund Mikael Bolyos, 62, in 1994 and they welcomed two children Inez Josefin, 26, and son Oscar, 23.

She was first diagnosed with brain cancer in 2002 but by 2005, she said she was feeling 'healthy' after gruelling radiation and chemotherapy treatments.

The cancer sadly returned in 2016 and the band were forced to quit their tour.

Marie passed away on Monday morning in hospital.

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