December 9th did not become the composer and soloists of the Roxette group, Marie Frederson. The singer died at the age of 61. According to the official statement, the cause of death was the consequences of the fight against the brain tumor.
Manager Singers, Marie Dimberg:
"With a huge sadness, we are forced to report that Marie Fredriksson left us on the morning of December 9 after the seventeen-year-old fight against cancer."
Per Gessle, Roxette vocalist:
"Time goes so fast. More recently, we spent the days and nights in my tiny apartment in Halmstad - listening to your favorite music and dreaming of impossible. And what dream we shared with each other! Thank you, Marie, thanks for everything. You were an outstanding musician, an incredible singer and a stunning performer. Thank you for painting my black and white songs in the most beautiful colors. You were my most wonderful friend for 40 years. I am proud and happy that I had the opportunity to share your time with you, talent, warmth, generosity and sense of humor. All my love is now with you and your family. For me, everything will never be as before. "
Roxette Swedish group, whose faces were Marie Frederson and Per Gessle, was known worldwide. For his long-term career, artists sold more than 80 million copies of albums and gave 557 concerts. The first breakthrough of Roxette in world charts was the song The Look 1989, and the cinema fans still remember Pretty Woman, het 1990 from the film "Beauty".
In 2016, after a 30-year-old successful career, Roxette has ceased concert activities due to Marie's disease. Fans around the world express pain loss and condoles close singer.