(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 ...

You were a true original. The Bad Brains blew my mind but when I turned their album Rock For Light over to the back & found out Ric Ocasek of The Cars produced it, my world was set on fire. After that ...

On its 40th anniversary, The Cars' sleekest album still feels both futuristic and familiar. Ric Ocasek's studied detachment ...

Updated at 8:15 p.m. Monday Ric Ocasek, leader of the Boston-based rock band The Cars and an influential music producer, has died, a New York Police Department spokesman confirmed to NPR. He was found ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Ric Ocasek, famed frontman for The Cars rock band, has been found dead in a Manhattan apartment. The New York City police department said officers responding to a 911 call found the 75 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s hard to imagine a Cars revival because the Cars never really go away. The great new wave band released their final album, the reunion LP Move Like This, in 2011, and frontman Ric Ocasek passed ...

This scrupulous account from music journalist Aaron (If You Like the Ramones) pays tribute to the Cars’ late front man, who died in 2019. The author briefly recounts Ocasek’s early years in Baltimore, ...

Paulina Porizkova is taking a moment to reflect on her "selfish" relationship with late ex-husband Ric Ocasek, who passed away six years ago. In a heartfelt Instagram post, Porizkova shared insights ...

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 ...