Ric Ocasek, frontman of rock band The Cars, has been discovered lifeless in a Manhattan house.
According to the New York City police division, the star was discovered by officers responding to a 911 name of an “unresponsive male” at round 4pm native time yesterday.
The 75-year-old was recognized by police and was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
While the town’s medical expert is but to find out a explanation for dying, officers say there are not any indicators of foul play.
The Cars turned vastly in style within the late 1970s and early 80s, with hits together with ‘My Best Friend’s Girl’, ‘Just What I Needed’, ‘Shake It Up’ and ‘Drive’.
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The rock band was a mainstay of MTV in its early days, and their video for ‘Double Life’ was the 21st video ever performed on the channel.
The Cars had been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame final yr.
Ric married supermodel Paulina Porizkova after assembly her through the music video shoot for the 1984 hit ”Drive.”
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They went on to have two sons collectively however separated final yr after 28 years of marriage.
Rick additionally had 4 different sons from earlier relationships.
Known for his floppy black hair, Ric based the rock band in 1976 however went on to forge a solo profession in 1988 after the group cut up.
Tributes have already begun flooding Twitter , with New Pornographer’s Carl Newman main the messages.
He mentioned: “I will never stop imitating the first Cars album. His influence will always stay with me. RIP and Thank You to Ric Ocasek.”
Drummer Mike Portnoy wrote: “In the late 70’s, in between my obsessions for Kiss, the Ramones, The Clash & The Sex Pistols, I also was a big fan of The Pretenders, the B-52’s, the Police, Devo & The Cars…the 1st two albums are classics from start to finish. Sad to hear of Ric Ocasek’s passing #RIPRicOcasek”.
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