10 Musicians Who Died In 2019

3. Marie Fredriksson

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Despite having a solid career in her home country of Sweden throughout the late '70s and early '80s, Marie Fredriksson truly exploded onto the music scene when she formed the duo Roxette, alongside fellow singer-songwriter Per Gessle.

As Roxette, Gessle and Fredriksson achieved an astonishing 19 UK Top 40 hits, as well as landing four US number-ones with their singles Joyride, The Look, Listen To Your Heart, and It Must Have Been Love - the latter of which appeared on the Pretty Woman movie soundtrack.

Indeed, Roxette generated hit song after hit song, and as of 2020, they are the second-best-selling music act that Sweden has ever produced, behind only ABBA. In this case, coming in second place really isn't anything to be mad about.

In her later years, Fredriksson was forced to stop touring due to health concerns, and she died on 9 December - her cause of death not disclosed - at 61 years of age.

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