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Richard Theodore Otcasek [1] (March 23, 1944 – September 15, 2019), known as Ric Ocasek (/ oʊ ˈ k æ s ɪ k / oh-CASS-ik [2]), was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was the primary vocalist, rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and frontman for the American new wave band the Cars .
Ric Ocasek in 2009. Before forming the Cars, members of the band performed together in several different groups. Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr met in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1960s after Ocasek saw Orr performing with his band the Grasshoppers on the Big 5 Show, a local musical variety program. The two were members of various bands in Columbus ...
Michael Jackson earned $825 million in 2016, the highest earnings for a celebrity dead or alive in any year. Since his death in mid-2009, he has topped the list every year except for 2009, 2012, and 2021–22.
Over the course of his five-decade career, Ocasek sold more than 20 million records with the Cars and had over ten Top 40 hits. The band was nominated for six Grammys and were inducted into the ...
Porizkova, 53, revealed she and Ocasek, 74, have actually been separated for the past year, and that while photos of the family of four are still "happy family photos," they are no longer a couple.
Ric Ocasek‘s cause of death was revealed on Monday, September 16, one day after he was found dead in his home at age 75. The Cars’ frontman died of hypertensive and atherosclerotic ...
He also played in a band called Richard and the Rabbits, which included future Cars bandmates Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr. [3] He was the last member to join the Cars. [4] Hawkes was also in the New Cars with original Cars member Elliot Easton, along with vocalist/guitarist Todd Rundgren, bassist Kasim Sulton, and drummer Prairie Prince.
Yang Huiyan, real estate developer; China's wealthiest woman, with a $16.2 billion net worth in 2007 (B.A.) ... Ric Ocasek, member of rock group The Cars;