THE JOYRIDE IS OVER FOR ROXETTE’S MARIE
SHE was one of the fiercest women in pop: a skinny, spiky-haired dynamo with a powerhouse voice and a magnetic presence that lit up the stage.
And it was with that same fierceness that Roxette’s Marie Fredriksson fought a 17-year battle against an illness that eventually claimed her life.
Even though brain cancer robbed her of her sight in one eye and left her so weak she’d have to sit down to sing, Marie (61) fought to the end with a courage that earned her the respect of millions.
The Swedish pop duo of Marie and Per Gessle (60) were much
