Box of Rox

in Hits & Misses by
“OK… for the last time…
I’m not helping anyone assemble
the furniture they bought from IKEA tonight.”

Marie Fredriksson
Singer, songwriter, Swede.
May 30, 1958 – December 9, 2019.
Aged 61 years.

Most recognized for: Not far behind meatballs, candy fish, and Volvo, Roxette found success as one of Sweden’s biggest exports.  With hits like “The Look,” “Listen to Your Heart,” and “It Must have Been Love,” Linda and her bandmate Per Gessle topped the charts around the globe.  But 17 years after her initial diagnosis, it turned out to be brain cancer that could make a brown eyed girl turn blue.