# Marie Fredriksson Roxette Singer Dies at 61 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marie-fredriksson-roxette-singer-dies-at-61/844666 "2019-12-10T20:25:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marie-fredriksson-roxette-singer-dies-at-61/844666/1 "2019-12-10T20:25:45Z")
wow they were one the most popular groups on MTV from 88-92 or so … They broke up professionally and romantically … but had started doing shows a while back… ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marie-fredriksson-roxette-singer-dies-at-61/844666/2 "2019-12-11T11:31:53Z")
13 September 1991, my first day of teaching in Czechoslovakia, I woke up to “Fading Like a Rose” being played somewhere in my dormitory. One memory that’ll always stick in my mind… RIP, Marie. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marie-fredriksson-roxette-singer-dies-at-61/844666/3 "2019-12-11T13:38:17Z")
Pity, she was a good singer. > [@nightshadea](#): > > They broke up professionally and romantically They were never a couple. They went on hiatus because she got sick the first time around in 2002. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marie-fredriksson-roxette-singer-dies-at-61/844666/4 "2019-12-11T14:48:01Z")
When I was traveling extensively in Europe in the late 80s, I would watch Sky Channel, as the music videos were about all I could understand in most countries. It was on a trip to Stockholm that I saw “The Look”. I returned home and asked my teens if they had heard of Roxette. It gave me great pleasure to be so hip, as they just gave me a blank look. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marie-fredriksson-roxette-singer-dies-at-61/844666/5 "2019-12-11T19:19:43Z")
Got to see them in Zurich when she was feeling better after brain cancer. Really glad I got the opportunity to see them live. It’s been a rough week for celebrities. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marie-fredriksson-roxette-singer-dies-at-61/844666/6 "2019-12-11T19:22:25Z")
…but it’s over now. RIP ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marie-fredriksson-roxette-singer-dies-at-61/844666/7 "2019-12-11T21:24:46Z")
I’m bummed out. She fought this thing for a long time. RIP… ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marie-fredriksson-roxette-singer-dies-at-61/844666/8 "2019-12-11T21:33:04Z")
I only discovered Roxette a few years ago, shortly after the release of the Pixar film _Inside Out._ I listened to Berlin’s “Take My Breath Away”, which was played in “Riley’s First Date?”, and YouTube suggested Roxette. I got hooked and bought an imported greatest-hits CD, _Don’t Bore Us - Get to the Chorus!_