Ric Ocasek Cause Of Death Revealed By Coroner

UPDATED ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 AT 9:25 PM: The Cars frontman Ric Ocasek died of cardiovascular disease, according to an autopsy report released Monday by the New York City medical examiners office.

PREVIOUSLY REPORTED ON SEPTEMBER 15:
Ric Ocasek, the spindly frontman of the Cars who was inducted last year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with his New Wave bandmates, is dead, according to authorities in New York City. He was 75.

Ocasek was found dead about 4 PM ET in his Manhattan apartment by officers who were responding to a 911 call, according to the NYPD. No indications of foul play were found at the scene, police said, and further details were pending an investigation by the medical examiners office.

Ocasek was the primary songwriter and co-founded the hit-making band in 1976 in Boston with bassist Benjamin Orr, who died in 2000. The band made their mark in the 1970s with high-polish, hook-ready hits such as “Good Times Roll,” “My Best Friends Girl,” “Just What I Needed,” “Its All I Can Do” and “Lets Go.”

The bands string of hits in the 1980s — “Since Youre Gone,” “Shake It Up” and “Magic” — were propelled up the charts by a series of music videos that made the lanky Ocasek an unlikely and eccentric star of the MTV era.

The hit “Drive” was an exception: It was sung by Orr — but its also the music video shoot where Ocasek met model Paulina Porizkova. The pairs marriage ended in 2018 after 28 years.

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