Ric Ocasek, Lead Singer/Guitarist Of The Cars Passes Away Aged 75
Written by Johnson Stephen on September 16, 2019
Ric Ocasek, the lead singer/guitarist of the Cars, has died at the age of 
75.
New York police confirmed that officers responded to a 911 call on Sunday afternoon and Ric Ocasek was pronounced dead at the scene, with no sign of foul play.
The Cars topped the charts in the late 1970s and 1980s, with 13 top-40 singles including ‘Just What I Needed’, ‘Shake It Up’, ‘Let The Good Times Roll, which helped kick off the New Wave movement and saw them and Ocasek inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.
The Cars gained notoriety after the track ‘Drive’ was played during the 1985 Live Aid concert as backing to some footage of the Ethiopian famine.
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