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What happened to Ben from The Cars?
Benjamin Orr, singer and bassist with new wave hitmakers the Cars, succumbed to cancer at his home in Atlanta on Tuesday night. He was 53. According to former Cars keyboardist Greg Hawkes, Orr was surrounded by his friends when he passed away just before midnight (ET).
Did Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr get along?
Ocasek & Orr were “the best of friends forever” In a 2011 article in Rolling Stone, Ocasek and Orr were described as “inseparable” after their original meeting in Ohio, but according to Cars guitarist Elliot Easton, when Ocasek considered going solo just before the formation of the Cars, “Ben demanded his way back in.”
Is Benjamin Orr still alive?
Deceased (1947–2000)
Benjamin Orr/Living or Deceased
Where is Benjamin Orr buried?
St Patrick Cemetery, OH
Benjamin Orr/Place of burial
Who from the cars died?
Ric Ocasek
The Cars were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. A year later, Ric Ocasek died in New York at age 75.
Did the cars have 2 lead singers?
The Cars were an American rock band formed in Boston in 1976. Ocasek and Orr shared lead vocals, and Ocasek was the band’s principal songwriter. The Cars were at the forefront of the merger of 1970s guitar-oriented rock with the new synthesizer-oriented pop that became popular in the early 1980s.
Is Paulina Porizkova dating?
Porizkova, 56, recently was linked to screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, 60, but the pair parted ways after making their public debut at the 2021 Oscars. The Czech-born model wrote in an Instagram post Tuesday that she’s single again.
Who from The Cars died?
Who sang lead on just what I needed?
The Cars
Just What I Needed/Artists
Did The Cars have 2 lead singers?
How old is Ric Ocasek from The Cars?
75 years (1944–2019)
Ric Ocasek/Age at death
How did Rick OK sick from The Cars died?
Death. Ocasek was found dead on September 15, 2019, by his estranged wife, Paulina Porizkova, at his New York City townhouse, which they still shared following their separation the previous May. He had been recovering from surgery. The Chief Medical Examiner office reported that Ocasek died from natural causes.