In this file photo taken on March 19, 2011, Swedish singer Marie Fredriksson of the pop group Roxette performing in Cologne, western Germany. Fredriksson died on Tuesday at the age of 61. - AFP
STOCKHOLM: The lead singer of Swedish pop duo Roxette, Marie Fredriksson, who shot to global fame in the 1990s with hits like "It must have been love", has died aged 61 after a long fight with cancer, her manager said on Tuesday (Dec 10).
Fredriksson, a singer well-liked in Asia especially in the South-East Asia region during the 90s, had been diagnosed in 2002 with a severe brain tumour but went into remission and returned to the studio in 2010.
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