Rocker Ric Ocasek, The Frontman Of The Cars, Has Died At 75

Tom Hays and Andrew Dalton / AP, Time: Entertainment
Sun, 09/15/2019 - 8:45pm

(NEW YORK) — Ric Ocasek, The Cars frontman whose deadpan vocal delivery and lanky, sunglassed look defined a rock era with chart-topping hits like “Just What I Needed,” was discovered dead Sunday afternoon in his Manhattan apartment. The New York Police Department said that officers found the 75-year-old Ocasek at about 4 p.m.

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Rocker Ric Ocasek, The Frontman Of The Cars, Has Died At 75

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