NEW YORK — Ric Ocasek, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer whose popular new-wave band The Cars left a profound impact on rock music, was found dead in his New York City apartment on Sunday, a police spokesman said. Ocasek was 75.
Ocasek’s estranged wife, Paulina Porizkova, found him unresponsive Sunday afternoon in his home in Manhattan’s Gramercy Park neighborhood, sources told the New York Post.
The band’s 1981 track “Shake It Up” hit #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, while 1984’s “Drive” hit #3.
