12/11/02, 6 p.m. ET) -- Stereolab vocalist Mary
Hansen died Monday (December 9) in London when
she was hit by a car while riding her bicycle.
She was 36.

An official statement said: "The suddenness of
her death has shocked the band. Mary was a
special person. Our thoughts are with her family
and friends who will miss her greatly."

Stereolab formed in 1990 and Australian native
Hansen joined the London-based band in 1992. The
group has recorded eight studio albums the most
recent of which was 2001's Sound-Dust.

Hansen was born January 11, 1966 in Maryborough,
Brisbane. The band says her funeral will take
place next week in her hometown.

London police are investigating the accident.

-- Darryl Morden, Los Angeles



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