Anne Grete Preus
Anne Grete Preus | |
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Anne Grete Preus performs in August 2007 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 22 May 1957 Haugesund, Norway |
| Died | 25 August 2019 (aged 62) |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, harmonica, mandolin, Hammond organ, dobro |
Anne Grete Preus (22 May 1957 – 25 August 2019) was a Norwegian rock singer in Norway in the 1980s and 1990s, first as member of the bands Veslefrikk and Can Can and later as a solo act. She released nine solo albums and won the Spellemannprisen multiple times. In 2008 she appeared as a narrator in an Arts Alliance production, id - Identity of the Soul. She contracted liver cancer in 2007. In early 2019 she had to cancel the planned concerts for the summer due to illness.