Remembering The Cars Frontman Ric Ocasek

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September 16, 2019

Meghna Chakrabarti
Tiziana Dearing

The Cars lead singer Ric Ocasek performs during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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Ric Ocasek, the lead singer of the rock band The Cars, died Sunday in New York. He was found unconscious Sunday afternoon at his townhouse in Manhattan.

He was pretty much rock royalty in Boston. Ocasek joined Radio Boston in February of 2013, when his book “Lyrics and Prose” came out.

This segment aired on September 16, 2019.

Ric Ocasek, Frontman Of The Cars, Has Died

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