Marie Fredriksson of Roxette diagnosed with brain tumour

[Chris R]

I don't know much about this band, but I just found this article on my ISP's news page.

http://www2.alberta.com/news/fs.cfm?...=CP&id=1184271

Sudden illness
Marie Fredriksson of Roxette diagnosed with brain tumour

STOCKHOLM (AP) - Marie Fredriksson of the Swedish pop duo Roxette has been diagnosed with a brain tumour, her manager said Monday. The small tumour was found after Fredriksson fainted and hit her head against a sink last Wednesday at her Stockholm home.
The 44-year-old singer was examined at the Karolinska hospital and is resting in her home while doctors decide how the tumour can be treated, said her manager, Marie Dimberg.

"A number of tests have been made showing that Marie has a small tumour in her in the back of her head," Dimberg said. "We do not know how serious it is but hope for the best."

Fredriksson and her partner, Per Gessle, had hits in the late 1980s and early '90s including It Must Have Been Love from the Pretty Woman soundtrack and The Look.

They'd planned to launch the duo's new single, A Thing About You, on Oct. 14 and start a European tour later the same month, said Johan Olsson of their record label, EMI Sweden. It was unclear how her illness would affect those plans.

© The Canadian Press, 2002

Let's hope her situation is treatable.