UDisemba 9 awuzange ube umqambi kanye noSoloist of the Roxette Group, uMarie Frederson. Umculi ushone eneminyaka engama-61. Ngokusho kwesitatimende esisemthethweni, imbangela yokufa yaba yimiphumela yokulwa ne-tumor yobuchopho.
Abaculi beMentia, uMarie Dineberg:
"Ngosizi olukhulu, siphoqeleka ukuba sabika ukuthi uMarie Fredriksson wasishiya ekuseni ngoDisemba 9 ngemuva kokulwa nomdlavuza oneminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa."
I-Gessle ngayinye, i-Roxette Vocalist:
"Isikhathi sihamba ngokushesha okukhulu. Muva nje, sichithe izinsuku nobusuku efulethini lami elincane eHalmstad - Ukulalela umculo wakho owuthandayo futhi uphupha ngokungenakwenzeka. Futhi yeka iphupho esasihlanganyela komunye nomunye! Ngiyabonga, Marie, ngiyabonga ngakho konke. Ubungumculi ovelele, umculi omangalisayo nomenzi omuhle kakhulu. Ngiyabonga ngokupenda izingoma zami ezimnyama nezimhlophe ngemibala emihle kakhulu. Ubungumngane wami omuhle kakhulu iminyaka engama-40. Ngiyaziqhenya futhi ngiyajabula ukuthi ngithole ithuba lokuhlanganyela isikhathi sakho nawe, ithalente, ukufudumala, ukuphana nokuhlekisa. Lonke uthando lwami manje lunawe nomndeni wakho. Kimina, konke akusoze kwaba njengangaphambili. "
Iqembu laseSweden yaseRoxette, ubuso balo kwakunguMarie Frederson kanye ne-gesle ngayinye, wayaziwa emhlabeni wonke. Ngomsebenzi wakhe wesikhathi eside, abaculi bathengisa amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-80 ama-albhamu anikeze amakhonsathi angama-557. Ukuphumelela kokuqala kwe-roxette emashadini omhlaba kwakuyingoma ukubukeka ngo-1989, futhi abalandeli be-cinema basakhumbula umfazi omuhle, i-het 1990 evela kwifilimu "ubuhle".
Ngo-2016, ngemuva komsebenzi ophumelele oneminyaka engama-30, uRoxette uqede imisebenzi yekhonsathi ngenxa yesifo sikaMarie. Abalandeli bezwe lonke bezwakalise ukulahleka kobuhlungu futhi badubule umculi osondelene.