Ric Ocasek, frontman for The Cars, Dies at 75 of Heart Disease

The New York City clinical inspector says Ric Ocasek, the 75-year-old frontman for The Automobiles, passed away of cardiovascular disease, worsened by emphysema.

Ocasek’s starlet, model and better half Paulina Porizkova, uploaded a statement on Instagram, claiming he was “recovering quite possibly after surgical treatment” and also that their two kids were making certain he was comfy. Porizkova did not claim what kind of surgery Ocasek was recuperating from.

She says she mosted likely to bring him his Sunday morning coffee and “realized that throughout the night he had actually in harmony handed down.”

The Cars chart-topping hits in the late 1970s as well as 1980s included “Just What I Needed,” ″ Shake It Up” and “Drive.” The band was inducted in 2015 right into the Rock as well as Roll Hall of Fame.

Porizkova introduced the pair’s separation last year.

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