{"id":1000,"date":"2019-12-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/roxette-star-marie-fredriksson-has-died-2\/"},"modified":"2020-01-31T02:03:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T02:03:49","slug":"roxette-star-marie-fredriksson-has-died-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/entertainment\/celebrity\/roxette-star-marie-fredriksson-has-died-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Roxette Star Marie Fredriksson Has Died"},"content":{"rendered":"Roxette was and still is one of the world\u2019s most popular pop rock duo. The Swedish pair are the musical genius behind popular hits like \u2018Dangerous\u2019 and their iconic 1986 hit \u2018It Must Have Been Love\u2019.\n\nBut, in sad news, one half of the duo has passed away. Roxette star Marie Fredriksson has died after a long illness.\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIP Marie Fredriksson, 61.\nLead singer of ROXETTE who in the late 80s and 90s seemed unstoppable with a string of hits THE LOOK, LISTEN TO YOUR HEART, IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE, and JOYRIDE.\nIt was just bloody great music. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g5IXAo2Rjp\">pic.twitter.com\/g5IXAo2Rjp<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 Rhett Bartlett (@dialmformovies) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dialmformovies\/status\/1204380187334344704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<blockquote>\u201cMarie Fredriksson died on the morning of December 9 in the suites of her previous illness,\u201d her family wrote in a statement, adding the star \u201cwill be buried in silence with only the closest family present.\u201d<\/blockquote>\nRoxette formed in 1986 and released their tenth album, Good Karma, in 2016.&nbsp;\n\nFollowing the news of Fredriksson passing, their official Twitter account shared a statement from Marie\u2019s bandmate Per Gessle, which read: \u201cTime goes by so quickly. It\u2019s not that long ago we spent days and nights in my tiny apartment sharing impossible dreams. And what a dream we eventually got to share!\n<blockquote>\u201cI\u2019m honoured to have met your talent and generosity. All my love goes to you and your family. Things will never be the same.\u201d<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MQwkjEozl3\">pic.twitter.com\/MQwkjEozl3<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 Roxette (@TheRealRoxette) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealRoxette\/status\/1204377956853932033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\nMarie, who previously battled a brain tumour in 2002, is survived by her husband Mikael Bolyos and their two children, 26-year-old daughter Inez Josefin and son Oscar, 23.&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Source: WENN.&nbsp;<\/strong>\n\n<em>Images: Getty \/ Jordi Vidal \/ Contributor.<\/em>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She was just 61.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[418,209],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-1000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity","category-entertainment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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