IN MEMORIAM

Marie Fredriksson

Marie Fredriksson, a singer for the Swedish duo Roxette, passed away on December 9, at the age of 61, after a 17-year battle with cancer. From 1989 through 1991, the duo had a half-dozen singles in the U.S. that reached either No. 1 or No. 2, beginning with “The Look” and ending with “Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave),” all written or co-written by the duo’s Per Gessle, making them the second best-selling Swedish act of all-time behind ABBA and ahead of Ace of Base.

The other singles in Roxette’s string of big hits include “Listen to Your Heart,” with its strong flip side “Half a Woman, Half a Shadow,” and “It Must Have Been Love,” with Marie’s vocal delivery featured in the movie, .