https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Ric%20Ocasek%22&src=tren

Breaking news.

Total shock. Didn't see this one coming. The Cars are now officially silenced, as Ben Orr died in 2000.

RIP

Love the Cars - this makes me really sad  :\'(  :\'(  :\'(

R.I.P. Ric Ocasek

I am very sorry to hear this.

Wow, two rock icons gone in one weekend, both in their 70s. :\'( First Eddie Money, now the Cars frontman.

I had thought that he, too, was 70; but it turns out he was actually five years older...
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Ric-Ocasek-Cars-Singer-Dead-in-NY-at-75-560430391.html

Still, RIP to another classic rocker :\'(

The Cars are now officially silenced, as Ben Orr died in 2000.


Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes, and David Robinson are still with us. Maybe they can launch a reunion/tribute tour.

Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes, and David Robinson are still with us. Maybe they can launch a reunion/tribute tour.


I was referring to lead singers, but yes. Maybe Todd Rundgren would agree to reprise The New Cars.

I've always thought the Heartbreaks could do something similar. The Heartbreakers and Friends. Get people like Dave Grohl, Jeff Lynne, and Steve Nicks to sing Tom's songs as a special tribute. Linkin Park as well. Go the Queen/Grateful Dead route with it.

Upsetting to hear. I had been starting to get into The Cars over the past two months and just this morning, I listened to "Just What I Needed" and "You Might Think" through YouTube. RIP Ric. :(

Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes, and David Robinson are still with us. Maybe they can launch a reunion/tribute tour.


That just might be possible.

https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Ric%20Ocasek%22&src=tren

Breaking news.

Total shock. Didn't see this one coming. The Cars are now officially silenced, as Ben Orr died in 2000.

RIP


R.I.P. Ric Ocasek.  :\'(

Sad to hear of his passing, I have always found "Drive" haunting.

:\'( :\'( :\'(

:\'( :\'( :\'(


Cat

Just as I suspected.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/heart-disease-killed-ric-ocasek-lead-singer-cars-according-medical-n1055106

Emphysema, too. Wow.  :\'(

I admit to not knowing which songs Ric sang and which ones Ben sang. Their voices were so similar. I had thought Ric sang all of them, except "Drive." Turns out, some of the ones I thought Ric sang were actually Ben --

"Just What I Needed"
"Bye Bye Love"
"Moving in Stereo"
"Let's Go"

Ric did, however, sing:

"Shake It Up"
"My Best Friend's Girl"
"You're All I've Got Tonight"
"You Might Think"
"Hello Again"

I was referring to lead singers, but yes. Maybe Todd Rundgren would agree to reprise The New Cars.

I've always thought the Heartbreaks could do something similar. The Heartbreakers and Friends. Get people like Dave Grohl, Jeff Lynne, and Steve Nicks to sing Tom's songs as a special tribute. Linkin Park as well. Go the Queen/Grateful Dead route with it.


Maybe they could borrow Adam Lambert from Queen.

Just as I suspected.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/heart-disease-killed-ric-ocasek-lead-singer-cars-according-medical-n1055106

Emphysema, too. Wow.  :\'(

I had no idea of that, either. :o



I admit to not knowing which songs Ric sang and which ones Ben sang. Their voices were so similar. I had thought Ric sang all of them, except "Drive." Turns out, some of the ones I thought Ric sang were actually Ben --

"Just What I Needed"
"Bye Bye Love"
"Moving in Stereo"
"Let's Go"

Ric did, however, sing:

"Shake It Up"
"My Best Friend's Girl"
"You're All I've Got Tonight"
"You Might Think"
"Hello Again"

Yeah; I, too, mistook Ben's voice for Ric's on several of their recordings. Ric also sang lead on "Tonight She Comes" (1985), "Since You're Gone" (1981), and "Good Times Roll" (1979). So he was the lead vocalist on most of the band's hits.

Now both guys are together in heaven.

Just as I suspected.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/heart-disease-killed-ric-ocasek-lead-singer-cars-according-medical-n1055106

Emphysema, too. Wow.  :\'(

Sadly, it was not natural causes that caused his death.

Just as I suspected.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/heart-disease-killed-ric-ocasek-lead-singer-cars-according-medical-n1055106

Emphysema, too. Wow.  :\'(

I admit to not knowing which songs Ric sang and which ones Ben sang. Their voices were so similar. I had thought Ric sang all of them, except "Drive." Turns out, some of the ones I thought Ric sang were actually Ben --

"Just What I Needed"
"Bye Bye Love"
"Moving in Stereo"
"Let's Go"

Ric did, however, sing:

"Shake It Up"
"My Best Friend's Girl"
"You're All I've Got Tonight"
"You Might Think"
"Hello Again"



I never knew he smoked. :o

I never knew he smoked. :o
It is known that even if you are non-smoker, second hand cigarette can still affect one,

It is known that even if you are non-smoker, second hand cigarette can still affect one,

That is true; just three years ago, a friend of my mother's passed away from lung cancer, yet this woman never smoked a day in her life.

That is true; just three years ago, a friend of my mother's passed away from lung cancer, yet this woman never smoked a day in her life.


Ground emissions of radon gas into building basements are a big contributor to lung cancers.

Ground emissions of radon gas into building basements are a big contributor to lung cancers.
Along with car exhaust!

Sadly, it was not natural causes that caused his death.


I heard he had a heart attack?

Very sad indeed.............

I heard he had a heart attack?


Yes, he did, he had heart problems. :(

Maybe they could borrow Adam Lambert from Queen.


Don't even joke about something like that.  I have a hard enough time expressing how I feel about him fronting Queen.

Ground emissions of radon gas into building basements are a big contributor to lung cancers.


Second-hand-smoke from somebody who does smoke can contribute to lung cancers, which is the main reason why I never let my mother come into my room while she was smoking, and asbestos exposure can cause mesothelioma, another form of lung cancer.