(Reuters) - Ric Ocasek, the idiosyncratic lead singer and chief songwriter of the 1970s and 80s hook-heavy hitmakers The Cars, died on Sunday at his home in Manhattan. He was 75. Ocasek was pronounced ...

(AP) - 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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

NEW YORK (CNN) — Ric Ocasek, lead singer of the rock band The Cars, died Sunday in New York City, police said. The New York Police Department received a call around 4 p.m. "for an unconscious male" at ...

The Cars possessed a knack for opening their albums with attention-grabbing songs. These four classics make that abundantly ...

Though he's best-known as the author of seemingly non-threatening, ultra-radio-friendly power-pop smashes like Just What I Needed and My Best Friend's Girl, Ric Ocasek – the late frontman and rhythm ...

Following Primary Wave Music’s acquisition of Cars frontman Ric Ocasek’s publishing catalog last year, the company has acquired the bandmembers’ artist royalties as well. No further terms of the deal ...

After 24 years in mothballs, frontman Ric Ocasek revved up the Cars for a 10-city test drive that visited sold-out First Avenue Tuesday night. You don't need to be a rock historian or a mechanic to ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

(CNN/WJHL) – Many rock music fans are mourning the loss of The Cars lead singer Ric Ocasek. The 75-year-old was found dead in a New York City apartment on Sunday. His death comes a year after The Cars ...