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Ric Ocasek is Dead To Me!

Lead singer of The Cars and estranged husband of supermodel Paulina Porizkova died today, aged 75.

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by Anonymousreply 269October 7, 2019 3:16 PM

Oh no! I loved the cars!

by Anonymousreply 1September 16, 2019 12:27 AM

Who's gonna drive you home...

...tonight?

by Anonymousreply 2September 16, 2019 12:28 AM

omg I was JUST asking my husband yesterday I wonder what Paulina is up to .

by Anonymousreply 3September 16, 2019 12:29 AM

I love them too :.(

by Anonymousreply 4September 16, 2019 12:29 AM

OMG! Had no idea he was even sick.

Also had no idea he was 75!

by Anonymousreply 5September 16, 2019 12:30 AM

So young.

by Anonymousreply 6September 16, 2019 12:31 AM

"Emotions in Motion".....love that song.

by Anonymousreply 7September 16, 2019 12:31 AM

He wasn't R5. He was 70 years old.

by Anonymousreply 8September 16, 2019 12:33 AM

Strange, I recall hearing that he'd died several years ago.

by Anonymousreply 9September 16, 2019 12:34 AM

80s Gold

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by Anonymousreply 10September 16, 2019 12:38 AM

He was found dead in the house he's trying to sell...good luck with that!

by Anonymousreply 11September 16, 2019 12:39 AM

All the news stories say he was 75, R8.

by Anonymousreply 12September 16, 2019 12:39 AM

[quote]Strange, I recall hearing that he'd died several years ago.

That was Benjamin Orr.

by Anonymousreply 13September 16, 2019 12:40 AM

wiki says he's 70. the report I read also lists his age as 70. and natural causes....how can the tell?

by Anonymousreply 14September 16, 2019 12:40 AM

[quote]Strange, I recall hearing that he'd died several years ago.

No -- just his career.

by Anonymousreply 15September 16, 2019 12:40 AM

what was on his ipod?

by Anonymousreply 16September 16, 2019 12:41 AM

Just as Olivia moved in when Luise Rainer finally kicked it, we need to start thinking about a successor for the "so young" posts. I nominate Marsha Hunt.

by Anonymousreply 17September 16, 2019 12:41 AM

Weird - didn’t he and Paulina recently divorce. Wonder if he was getting into drugs. Paulina is very together - one of the smartest supermodels I’ve heard interviewed.

by Anonymousreply 18September 16, 2019 12:42 AM

This is the house he was found dead in and also trying to sell.

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by Anonymousreply 19September 16, 2019 12:44 AM

Love it, except for the pink bedroom and the drapes. I didn't realise he was that rich.

by Anonymousreply 20September 16, 2019 12:46 AM

Ben Orr was the hot one.

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by Anonymousreply 21September 16, 2019 12:48 AM

R17, such talk is forbidden.

And Marsha Hunt is not a big name.

by Anonymousreply 22September 16, 2019 12:49 AM

Ric had beautiful eyes.

by Anonymousreply 23September 16, 2019 12:49 AM

He was so ugly...even with a model wife, his kids turned out ugly.

by Anonymousreply 24September 16, 2019 12:51 AM

R24, not nice.

by Anonymousreply 25September 16, 2019 12:52 AM

The original singer of The Cars who also died was gorgeous!

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by Anonymousreply 26September 16, 2019 12:55 AM

Prince Philip, R17. I'd nominate Kirk Douglas or Vera Lynn, but I don't think either of them will outlive Olivia by much, if at all.

by Anonymousreply 27September 16, 2019 12:56 AM

I think Rhonda Fleming is 95 or so. Can she be the next "So Young" gal?

by Anonymousreply 28September 16, 2019 12:57 AM

Eddie Money and now Ric Ocasek, I wonder who's next.

by Anonymousreply 29September 16, 2019 12:57 AM

Sounds like it could be drugs perhaps? Hard to say when he was that age. TMZ is reporting that his 'estranged wife' is the one who found him. That has to be Paulina. They have two sons in their very early 20s if memory serves.

Very sad no matter how he died. Loved the Cars debut records, that and the follow up Candy-O are rock classics. Was just talking about these records the other day with a family member, Bye Bye Love was a great tune. "It's an orangy sky, always some other guy" - great lyrics.

by Anonymousreply 30September 16, 2019 12:58 AM

I guess the Cars finally ran out of gas.

by Anonymousreply 31September 16, 2019 1:00 AM

RIP Ric - turn it up:

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by Anonymousreply 32September 16, 2019 1:00 AM

[quote] Just as Olivia moved in when Luise Rainer finally kicked it, we need to start thinking about a successor for the "so young" posts. I nominate Marsha Hunt.

Not famous enough, I'm afraid. Olivia de Havilland is a legend, and every educated gay man knows of Luise Rainer because she won two major Oscars in a row and then left Hollywood.

i think we'll have to go next for someone else quite famous if they do manage to outlive Olivia: Betty White, Cicely Tyson, or Elizabeth II.

by Anonymousreply 33September 16, 2019 1:01 AM

Holy fuck. He lived two blocks up from me between the same cross streets. Never knew. I know that townhouse well. It’s beautiful.

by Anonymousreply 34September 16, 2019 1:01 AM

No! I just an hour ago was thinking about him playing the zonked out beatnik in Hairspray.

by Anonymousreply 35September 16, 2019 1:03 AM

He was not wicked beauty.

by Anonymousreply 36September 16, 2019 1:04 AM

He tried claiming he was born in 1949, even though he graduated from High School in 1963.

by Anonymousreply 37September 16, 2019 1:05 AM

R37, maybe he's 33 like I am and graduated high school before he was born!

by Anonymousreply 38September 16, 2019 1:07 AM

He had the most pronounced Adam's Apple I have ever seen.

by Anonymousreply 39September 16, 2019 1:13 AM

I loved The Cars, although they were one of the few New Wave bands that had no gay sensibility whatsoever.

by Anonymousreply 40September 16, 2019 1:16 AM

He dropped dead reading the "Gen X Eldergays: Tell Us About New Wave" thread.

by Anonymousreply 41September 16, 2019 1:21 AM

r7 is confusing The Cars with Billy Squier. Distinctly separate Boston rock acts.

by Anonymousreply 42September 16, 2019 1:25 AM

[quote]Just as Olivia moved in when Luise Rainer finally kicked it, we need to start thinking about a successor for the "so young" posts. I nominate Marsha Hunt.

How about Hugh Downs? He's 98.

by Anonymousreply 43September 16, 2019 1:26 AM

[quote]Eddie Money and now Ric Ocasek, I wonder who's next.

Dee Snider will be next.

by Anonymousreply 44September 16, 2019 1:27 AM

Dammit, 2019 is bleeding me and leaving me nothing with tears. Kleenex and Scott companies already compete for my facial tissue patronage.

by Anonymousreply 45September 16, 2019 1:28 AM

He had quite a career as a producer after The Cars.

He had 6 sons, the ones with Paulina are just late teens/early adults.

Heart attack maybe?

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by Anonymousreply 46September 16, 2019 1:29 AM

He had quite a career as a producer after The Cars.

He had 6 sons, the ones with Paulina are just late teens/early adults.

Heart attack maybe?

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by Anonymousreply 47September 16, 2019 1:29 AM

I really like Paulina P too. She has a great essay on beauty and aging which is a topic dear to our hearts, but not addressed as often as it should be.

by Anonymousreply 48September 16, 2019 1:31 AM

Crap. RIP. Feeling really, really old right now. Bye bye love.

by Anonymousreply 49September 16, 2019 1:40 AM

So strange that two of them went gray while the remaining two flaunted thick, lush, glossy chestnut locks.

They must have taken grandma’s advice and brushed 100 strokes with a boar-bristle brush each night before bed.

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by Anonymousreply 50September 16, 2019 1:45 AM

That is a gorgeous townhouse and — even with the prospect of an exceptionally scary-looking ghost lurking around the premises — worth every penny.

by Anonymousreply 51September 16, 2019 1:47 AM

[quote]Eddie Money and now Ric Ocasek, I wonder who's next.

Rick Springfield?

by Anonymousreply 52September 16, 2019 1:48 AM

Ted Nugent

by Anonymousreply 53September 16, 2019 1:50 AM

Justin Bieber

by Anonymousreply 54September 16, 2019 1:51 AM

The Grammercy Park townhouse was originally listed at $15 mil and dropped price recently. Beautiful interiors and great location.

by Anonymousreply 55September 16, 2019 1:55 AM

Is Sammy Hagar dead yet?

by Anonymousreply 56September 16, 2019 1:56 AM

[quote]Holy fuck. He lived two blocks up from me between the same cross streets. Never knew. I know that townhouse well. It’s beautiful.

I still crack up at the degree to which non-NY/LA DLers try to keep where they live a secret - "I'm in a largish city in a midwestern state" - but NYers will be all like, "I live at 234 West 19th St, Apt 3...3A? 3B? Well, you don't think I'm going to reveal EXACTLY where I live, do you?!"

by Anonymousreply 57September 16, 2019 1:56 AM

r56 Sammy is alive and kicking. Anyone seen "Diamond David" Lee Roth lately though?

Lindsey Buckingham has been very ill recently, with heart issues. All of these rockers are now getting well north of 65-70, its the age when people start to drop off and pass.

by Anonymousreply 58September 16, 2019 1:58 AM

Someone should check on Meatloaf.

by Anonymousreply 59September 16, 2019 2:03 AM

Another Great gone... replaced with...nothing.

by Anonymousreply 60September 16, 2019 2:05 AM

Eddie Van Halen

by Anonymousreply 61September 16, 2019 2:08 AM

The Cars were the first rock band I ever liked on my own. I was young when Let’s Go came out and I loved it.

I thought it, as the kids say, slapped.

by Anonymousreply 62September 16, 2019 2:09 AM

your mouth to God's ear, r53

by Anonymousreply 63September 16, 2019 2:12 AM

Another vote for feeling really old tonight. The Cars were great, lots of memories of their music. Jesus, where did the time go?

by Anonymousreply 64September 16, 2019 2:14 AM

When I was young and hot, I had a stalker who left "Drive" as a message on my answering machine.

by Anonymousreply 65September 16, 2019 2:16 AM

When I was young and hot, I had a stalker who left "Drive" as a message on my answering machine.

by Anonymousreply 66September 16, 2019 2:16 AM

Loved The Cars from the very beginning.

He had a funny cameo (with Pia Zadora) in John Waters' Hairspray

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by Anonymousreply 67September 16, 2019 2:20 AM

I remember exactly the first time I heard The Cars in the summer of 79. It was the Candy-O album that a friend of mine had bought. I remember thinking that music was finally changing and we could leave all the disco/corporate rock/SoCal shit behind.

by Anonymousreply 68September 16, 2019 2:23 AM

I remember that Drive used to be the closing video shown every night at Sidetracks in Chicago.

by Anonymousreply 69September 16, 2019 2:24 AM

The townhouse is gorgeous while the decor is hideous. Imagine finding your ex dead, on a floral rug?

I still listen to his music. I love The Cars, & he was allegedly a good guy. RIP.

by Anonymousreply 70September 16, 2019 2:30 AM

What a letdown this is. My mom and I both liked The Cars and Ric especially since I was a kid so it's a bit like facing the death of a childhood friend for me. We watched their videos together. Hope he got to talk with all his sons this past week.

by Anonymousreply 71September 16, 2019 2:51 AM

It's funny how you never heard much of anything about The Cars outside of their music. No "Behind The Music" episode, no internal jealousies or resentments, no drugs or crazy antics with groupies. Everyone knew that Rick was married to Paula, but that was about it.

by Anonymousreply 72September 16, 2019 2:55 AM

Well, maybe he died from heart attack...too much dick pills, who knows?

I mean, how can they just say natural causes straight away?

by Anonymousreply 73September 16, 2019 2:59 AM

Shitty news. RIP Mr. Ocasek.

by Anonymousreply 74September 16, 2019 3:00 AM

[quote]...too much dick pills

Where can I get some of these too much dick pills?

by Anonymousreply 75September 16, 2019 3:21 AM

Well SHIT. I loved their music so much growing up, they were one of the best parts of the late 70s/early 80s for me.

[quote]All of these rockers are now getting well north of 65-70

They’re all in their mid-late 70s actually, and the oldest ones are starting to turn 80, like Bill Wyman of the Stones. Grace Slick turns 80 this year. It’s gonna be a steady stream of these rockers dying off now.

by Anonymousreply 76September 16, 2019 3:24 AM

I loved his music. Did he ever eat?

by Anonymousreply 77September 16, 2019 3:27 AM

R5

I had no idea he was still alive.

by Anonymousreply 78September 16, 2019 3:29 AM

He was found unresponsive and unconscious in his bed at 4pm by his ex.

At least he didn't suffer...not a bad way to go.

by Anonymousreply 79September 16, 2019 3:30 AM

Wasn't Drive sung by Orr?

by Anonymousreply 80September 16, 2019 3:33 AM

Funny, geeky, talented. RIP.

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by Anonymousreply 81September 16, 2019 3:34 AM

He was born in 1949, so he was 70.

by Anonymousreply 82September 16, 2019 3:48 AM

The Cars are always associated with Boston, though Rick and Benjamin were from Cleveland and Elliot was from Brooklyn.

by Anonymousreply 83September 16, 2019 3:50 AM

r83 many of the rockers associated with Boston are from someplace else, many of them came to go to school and stayed on to start music careers.

Ric, Ben Orr, and Tom Scholz of Boston are all from Ohio but well known as Boston musicians. Tracy Chapman is also from Cleveland (came east to go to Tufts).

by Anonymousreply 84September 16, 2019 3:54 AM

Read the thread, r82.

by Anonymousreply 85September 16, 2019 3:54 AM

Has Susan Dey commented yet?

by Anonymousreply 86September 16, 2019 3:57 AM

I'd forgotten that he'd produced some of Weezer's stuff. Their statement:

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by Anonymousreply 87September 16, 2019 3:58 AM

R87 he reminds me of a lesbian woman in that photo.

by Anonymousreply 88September 16, 2019 3:59 AM

Great musician. RIP.

by Anonymousreply 89September 16, 2019 4:06 AM

This makes me sad. A gentle and talented giant he was.

by Anonymousreply 90September 16, 2019 4:08 AM

[quote] [R7] is confusing The Cars with Billy Squier. Distinctly separate Boston rock acts.

No he isn't. Emotion in Motion was also a single by Ric Ocasek on his 2nd solo album.

by Anonymousreply 91September 16, 2019 4:17 AM

Susan Dey thinks her band was better.

by Anonymousreply 92September 16, 2019 4:23 AM

R92 Susan Dey must be hitting the bottle again... just sayin’

by Anonymousreply 93September 16, 2019 4:37 AM

If you're living in Manhattan, you're probably living in a space where someone died.

by Anonymousreply 94September 16, 2019 4:42 AM

Even the NYT lists him as 75.

what's the point of lying about his age? It's not like he's an actor lol

by Anonymousreply 95September 16, 2019 5:21 AM

The Cars were also a great live band, and though Ric was the brains who wrote all the music, Benjamin Orr was the voice of almost all their best songs. And he was beautiful.

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by Anonymousreply 96September 16, 2019 5:37 AM

Does age matter clearly he has died? I’m sure his real age will be revealed soon.

by Anonymousreply 97September 16, 2019 5:40 AM

More will come out about his death. It always does

by Anonymousreply 98September 16, 2019 5:54 AM

R95 Lots of celebrities have lied about their ages. Public records have both 1944 and 1949 for birth years, but 1944 has to be correct since he graduated from High School in 1963 and got married the first time shortly after that in Ohio.

His High School Year Book photo from 1961. He wasn't bad looking back then.

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by Anonymousreply 99September 16, 2019 8:02 AM

His 1962 High School Yearbook photo.

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by Anonymousreply 100September 16, 2019 8:05 AM

Why would you decide to take drugs at 70?

by Anonymousreply 101September 16, 2019 8:54 AM

Why don't streets in New York have proper names?

by Anonymousreply 102September 16, 2019 9:12 AM

Suicide?

by Anonymousreply 103September 16, 2019 9:24 AM

R103 That's what I'm wondering, considering the circumstances. Why was Paulina there on Sunday afternoon when they've been separated for a couple of years? I hope that's not what it was, but I have a bad feeling.

by Anonymousreply 104September 16, 2019 10:36 AM

Billy Idol mentioned suicide in his tweet

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by Anonymousreply 105September 16, 2019 11:28 AM

Ok, he produced the band Suicide. W

by Anonymousreply 106September 16, 2019 11:29 AM

R84, Ric was from Baltimore.

by Anonymousreply 107September 16, 2019 12:02 PM

R.I.P. I remember dancing to “Shake It Up” at the Dublin Pub on Long Island while doing 25 cent Alabama Slammer shots.

by Anonymousreply 108September 16, 2019 12:10 PM

Susan Dey says she doesn’t have eddy money to come to Ric’s funeral in NY!

by Anonymousreply 109September 16, 2019 12:14 PM

He produced music for Suicide Squad. Billy Idol refers to liking that music, not his manner of death.

I assume he had plans with someone and when he did not show and could not be reached, she went round to check on him.

Reports keep saying an apartment, was there a separate suite in the town house?

by Anonymousreply 110September 16, 2019 12:18 PM

I think this sounds like suicide. Why would he be lying in his bed at 4 PM and what led Paulina to go over there...

by Anonymousreply 111September 16, 2019 12:25 PM

He was 75, Pats.

by Anonymousreply 112September 16, 2019 12:27 PM

I get him mixed up with Peter Wolf

by Anonymousreply 113September 16, 2019 12:33 PM

r24

My kid is NOT ugly

by Anonymousreply 114September 16, 2019 12:33 PM

How could he afford a Manhattan apartment? I bet it was murder and drugs. He was selling drugs to afford his "crib" and then reneged on a deal.

by Anonymousreply 115September 16, 2019 12:39 PM

R39 no that's Yuzuru Hanyu, that y'all won't let us talk about anymore. Well, maybe his Adam's apple not quite as pronounced as Ric's, but he's prettier so deserves a discreet mention.

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by Anonymousreply 116September 16, 2019 12:50 PM

My guess would be it was a heart attack.

by Anonymousreply 117September 16, 2019 12:51 PM

Great live performance of "Since You're Gone" on Fridays:

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by Anonymousreply 118September 16, 2019 12:52 PM

It's sad to see these aging rockers die. RIP to another 80s icon.

by Anonymousreply 119September 16, 2019 12:57 PM

He was found dead in bed in the townhouse by Paulina.

I think one outlet said apartment and it was picked up and repeated.

Likely to be natural causes at his age.

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by Anonymousreply 120September 16, 2019 12:58 PM

Ric Ocashek.

by Anonymousreply 121September 16, 2019 12:59 PM

Terrible taste in rugs...

by Anonymousreply 122September 16, 2019 1:04 PM

R122 Maybe that's what killed him.

by Anonymousreply 123September 16, 2019 1:27 PM

R115 Ric wrote all the Cars songs which sold millions and still get played today. Publishing royalties........

by Anonymousreply 124September 16, 2019 1:54 PM

r113

They both were ugly and got lucky.

by Anonymousreply 125September 16, 2019 2:53 PM

r124

I haven't heard one of their songs since 1989. No one I talked to can even name one of their songs. Go back to 1989 dude.

by Anonymousreply 126September 16, 2019 2:53 PM

Who was the beautiful actress in the music video in R10?

I always thought it was so odd that the magnificent Paulina was with the dorky looking Ocasek. I wonder if he was despondent because Paulina was leaving him? When he was in his 40s and she was in her 20s, the age difference might not have been so bad, but does a beauty like Paulina, who is still beautiful in her 50s, want to be, like the Germans in WWI, shackled to a corpse? I think not!

But I can also see how having your beautiful younger partner walk out on you might be the last straw. He looked like an ancient ostrich. What were his chances of getting another partner? Probably nil.

by Anonymousreply 127September 16, 2019 3:01 PM

R111 Ric was lying in bed because he was 75.

by Anonymousreply 128September 16, 2019 3:05 PM

I don't Paulina registered to him as much younger once she passed 35.

by Anonymousreply 129September 16, 2019 3:06 PM

R126: the Cars are a staple of classic rock radio and 70s and 80s oldies. You don't listen to or know anything about that. This may come as an enormous shock to you but the world doesn't revolve around you. Don't hurt yourself when you throw a temper tantrum.

by Anonymousreply 130September 16, 2019 3:08 PM

RIP, Ric.

I thought he left Paulina for a younger woman, for some reason. I imagine she was pragmatic about the split and kept a cordial relationship with him for the sake of her kids. Even if the kids are adults, they’ll appreciate having parents who get along.

by Anonymousreply 131September 16, 2019 3:23 PM

When Peter Wolf goes it should be declared a National Holiday.

by Anonymousreply 132September 16, 2019 4:04 PM

R132 is not Faye Dunaway.

by Anonymousreply 133September 16, 2019 4:15 PM

Ocasek and Benjamin Orr were in a folksy band called Milkwood in the early seventies.

They remind of Crosby, Stills, and Nash.

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by Anonymousreply 134September 16, 2019 4:20 PM

she probably left him for a younger man.

by Anonymousreply 135September 16, 2019 4:20 PM

She left him for Eddie Money. Joke's on her.

by Anonymousreply 136September 16, 2019 4:30 PM

I don’t think they left each other for new people. They probably just grew apart as their kids got older. Very common story that happens to many couples.

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by Anonymousreply 137September 16, 2019 4:38 PM

NONONONONONONONONO

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 138September 16, 2019 4:40 PM

Really R24 ? Their son Oliver was in a Loewe campaign last year and looks pretty good. He’s the guy at the top of this photo.

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by Anonymousreply 139September 16, 2019 4:49 PM

r139

The processing of his face in that pic...

by Anonymousreply 140September 16, 2019 5:02 PM

The other son looks a little like Jason Schwartzman.

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by Anonymousreply 141September 16, 2019 5:03 PM

r126 is proud of being an ignorant rube-noob.

What a twat!

by Anonymousreply 142September 16, 2019 5:04 PM

R134 Ric looks like Pablo Schreiber in that picture.

by Anonymousreply 143September 16, 2019 5:11 PM

I still think all the hippie-era rockers should have to die before any from my generation.

😔😔😔😥😡😥😡😭😭😭

by Anonymousreply 144September 16, 2019 5:16 PM

Fun Paulina interview from 2008. She was still married to Ric at the time, of course.

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by Anonymousreply 145September 16, 2019 5:16 PM

The dark haired son is kinda cute. Needs a better hair style though.

by Anonymousreply 146September 16, 2019 5:16 PM

Publishing has always been where the money is in music, r124, and Ric Ocasek wrote most of The Cars' music, and they sold millions of records. The other members of the band might not be rich, but he is.

by Anonymousreply 147September 16, 2019 5:17 PM

R147 Only if Ric owned the publishing. Many artist didn’t their labels did.

by Anonymousreply 148September 16, 2019 5:19 PM

Paulina’s special modeling talents! LOL

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by Anonymousreply 149September 16, 2019 5:21 PM

When the broke up there was a BI that he left her for a young chick.

by Anonymousreply 150September 16, 2019 6:01 PM

The dark-haired kid has Paula's eyes.

by Anonymousreply 151September 16, 2019 6:13 PM

What a loss! My first acting role was playing Nora Clitheroe in a kindergarten production of [italic]The Plough and the Stars.[/italic]

I’m surprised no one has mentioned that the dark-haired son used to be married to the late, great Kris Kardashian.

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by Anonymousreply 152September 16, 2019 6:14 PM

R126 You live under a rock. I have heard adverts recently using CARS songs. Very popular music still.

by Anonymousreply 153September 16, 2019 6:23 PM

I like the song Drive, it's still used a lot in movies and elsewhere...

by Anonymousreply 154September 16, 2019 6:41 PM

What no shirtless pics, yet?

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by Anonymousreply 156September 16, 2019 6:51 PM

Was that a syrup?

by Anonymousreply 157September 16, 2019 6:53 PM

It’s sad, my own mortality is really heightened as I see celebrities/artists of my era die. Although, I’m only 49, but make no mistake death is very insidious and affects us all. Sad.

by Anonymousreply 158September 16, 2019 6:53 PM

[quote] make no mistake death is very insidious and affects us all.

Thank you for the heads-up, r158

by Anonymousreply 159September 16, 2019 6:57 PM

R159 you’re welcome. That was my scared thinking being put into words.

Death comes like a thief in the night. Just scary when you really think about it.

by Anonymousreply 160September 16, 2019 7:00 PM

[quote]i think we'll have to go next for someone else quite famous if they do manage to outlive Olivia: Betty White, Cicely Tyson, or Elizabeth II.

I nominate Marge Champion; there's something about her that just says "Datalounge!"

by Anonymousreply 161September 16, 2019 7:07 PM

[quote]all the hippie-era rockers should have to die before any from my generation

At 75 he was the same generation as the “hippie-era rockers.”

by Anonymousreply 162September 16, 2019 7:26 PM

Honor Blackman is 94 but I don't think she's been seen in public since 2015...

by Anonymousreply 163September 16, 2019 7:29 PM

[quote]When Peter Wolf goes it should be declared a National Holiday.

Sorry, that slot is already reserved. Hopefully it will open up again soon though.

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by Anonymousreply 164September 16, 2019 8:16 PM

The Cars frontman Ric Ocasek died naturally of heart disease, the city Medical Examiner’s Office said Monday.

The iconic new-wave rock star, 75, was found unconscious inside his Gramercy Park pad around 4:14 p.m. Sunday by his estranged wife, supermodel Paulina Porizkova.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

It’s unclear how long Ocasek, born Otcasek, had been suffering from heart disease. Pulmonary emphysema, a type of lung disease, contributed to his death, the ME’s office said.

The “My Best Friend’s Girl” singer had recently placed the home where he was found on the market after he and Porizkova announced their split in May 2018.

The pair — who shared two sons — had been together for 28 years when they separated. The singer also had four other sons from previous marriages.

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by Anonymousreply 165September 16, 2019 8:44 PM

Ric showed how much of The Cars sound he was when he released solo single "Something To Grab For" with video starring Playmate of the Year Marianne Gravatte.

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by Anonymousreply 166September 16, 2019 9:02 PM

I'm so glad it wasn't suicide.

by Anonymousreply 167September 16, 2019 9:04 PM

Let them leave you up in the air...let them brush you Rock-n-Roll hair!

by Anonymousreply 168September 16, 2019 9:26 PM

The Cars will always remind me of 1984 when I was driving my new sports car with my windsurfer strapped to the roof of my car driving to San Philippe Mx for vacation. I had just gotten into the San Diego area when I heard their new CD on the radio and had to have it. I remember calling ahead to a local store to see if they would pull a copy for me and give me a chance to pick it up, it was already almost 9:00pm, the did. I played that CD all the way to SP and the entire time I was there. What a wonderful vacation. All the giant shrimp I could eat and that CD. 8 months later I was transferred to Chicago and enjoyed that CD over again driving on Lake Shore Drive, even leased an apartment of LSD. Memories

by Anonymousreply 169September 16, 2019 9:30 PM

How soon can they tell someone died from heart disease? They don't have to open him up to know that?

by Anonymousreply 170September 16, 2019 9:31 PM

What a great memory, r169

by Anonymousreply 171September 16, 2019 9:33 PM

Everyone who loves music should view the clips at r96 and r118 for a master class in what a tight, near-perfect live rock-and-roll band looks like. A lost art these days.

by Anonymousreply 172September 16, 2019 9:40 PM

There were no CD's in 1984 R169, there were tapes. You have a pretty bad memory.

by Anonymousreply 173September 16, 2019 9:46 PM

1984: A CD player in a car?

by Anonymousreply 174September 16, 2019 9:47 PM

The Cars were notoriously boring in concert, R172, and those clips do nothing to dispel that criticism.

by Anonymousreply 175September 16, 2019 9:52 PM

Ric Ocasek’s estranged supermodel wife discovered he had died while bringing him coffee on Sunday — revealing in a statement that The Cars frontman was recovering from recent surgery.

“Ric was at home recuperating well after surgery,” Paulina Porizkova wrote in a statement published on Instagram Monday — calling the rock legend’s death “untimely and unexpected.”

“Our two sons, Jonathan and Oliver, and I were making sure he was comfortable, ordering food and watching TV together.

“I found him still asleep when bringing him his Sunday morning coffee. I touched his cheek to rouse him. It was then I realized that during the night he had peacefully passed on.”

Porizkova thanked fans for their support — sharing a photo of the small floral shrine which sprung up outside his Gramercy Park pad where fans and neighbors paid tribute to the iconic new wave rock star, 75.

“We appreciate the great outpouring of love. We, his family and friends, are completely and utterly devastated,” she wrote. The pair, who had been together for 28 years, announced their split in May 2018.

Neighbors stopped to pay their respects on Monday — with one fan dropping of a picture of The Cars’ 1978 debut album and another leaving behind a vintage toy car.

Locals who knew Ocasek described him as a “very sweet” and “gentle” man who was an unassuming fixture in the neighborhood and always happy to have a chat.

Lisa Chai, 46, stopped by on her way to work to pay her respects and left the toy car for the rock icon, describing his death as “very sad.”

“I was going to go get flowers but I feel like a car was more appropriate!” Chai said. “My son was born here and (Ocasek) would always pass by and say hello. He was so nice, so friendly.”

The “My Best Friend’s Girl” singer died naturally of heart disease, the city Medical Examiner’s Office said Monday.

Local Rebecca Spath grew up listening to Ocasek’s rock band and left behind a pink candle, telling The Post, “I wanted to honor him as a neighbor, as a musician and producer.”

“I left a candle, I didn’t have a car! I was hoping there would be flowers here today, I’m glad he’s being remembered,” she said.

Neighbor Julie Block told The Post she was grief-stricken as a fan of his music and as his neighbor.

“I first spoke to him about seven years ago, and I swear this is true, I was walking down the street and I was listening to The Cars and there he was!” Block said.

“I pulled an earphone out and I said, ‘I’m listening to you right now and you made my workout really happy!’ and he was very friendly,” she said.

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by Anonymousreply 176September 16, 2019 9:53 PM

My friend’s boyfriend had a Jeep with a CD player in it, in 1987/1988. I don’t know about any earlier

by Anonymousreply 177September 16, 2019 9:56 PM

Paulina is still gorgeous. She has wrinkles but she still looks youthful.

by Anonymousreply 178September 16, 2019 9:56 PM

70/75 . . . . . . . .

🍎Apples/🍊 Oranges

Potato🥔Potahtoe, Tomato🍅Tomahtoe

by Anonymousreply 179September 16, 2019 10:04 PM

Shhhh, R138 it's alright, it's alright, Ric is in a better place, he is at peace, still ugly, but at peace * gently rocks R138 back and forth * he has probably already found an angel even though she is ridiculously younger than him and ridiculously better looking than him and even though he is still married, Ric is happy now R138 Ric still gets to be the rock-n-roll prick in Heaven that he enjoyed being while in this life

by Anonymousreply 180September 16, 2019 10:10 PM

No wonder he hooked up with Paulina. Ric got tired of his wives punching out ugly kids. Eeewww!

by Anonymousreply 181September 16, 2019 10:11 PM

Never liked The Cars, never liked Ocasek but when it was time to hang it up and go away they hung it up, went away and stayed away. I'll give Ocasek and the rest some credit for that.

by Anonymousreply 182September 16, 2019 10:13 PM

Paulina Porizkova always seemed the most bearable and grounded of the supermodels. She had a humor about herself and the industry, and though she ended up with a rock star, it was for nearly three decades, and it didn’t seem to be for looks, something that the simple and shallow r180 cannot grasp, though, to his credit, he’s trying earnestly to express his garbled thought patterns in poorly written sarcasm.

by Anonymousreply 183September 16, 2019 10:16 PM

Ric had to go and join the 75 Club.

Damn! Damn! DAMN!

Kidding. This mumbling, charmless overrated fugly stringbean never did a thing for me.

We can't go on thinking that this is important news. (What happened? Was he sorting through a lawn bag full of $100 bills and then bleed to death after receiving a massive paper cut?)

by Anonymousreply 184September 16, 2019 10:19 PM

Shhhh, it's alright R183, it's alright, Ric is at peace now, mother earth and father time R183, mother earth and father time, it's alright honey, it's alright, Ric is our angel now

by Anonymousreply 185September 16, 2019 10:22 PM

R180/r185 and r184 add nothing but shit to this thread. Go away you pathetic assholes.

by Anonymousreply 186September 16, 2019 10:26 PM

[Quote] Never liked The Cars, never liked Ocasek but when it was time to hang it up and go away they hung it up, went away and stayed away. I'll give Ocasek and the rest some credit for that.

I believe he had a successful career as a music producer. I imagine that kept him from the nostalgia circuit.

by Anonymousreply 187September 16, 2019 10:35 PM

I wonder if there'll be a lot of fighting over his estate. Paula's kids vs. the Pre-Paula offspring.

by Anonymousreply 188September 16, 2019 10:36 PM

R174 Pioneer's CDX-1 CD-player for cars came out in 1984.

by Anonymousreply 189September 16, 2019 10:47 PM

[Quote] Pioneer's CDX-1 CD-player for cars came out in 1984.

What would it have set you back?

by Anonymousreply 190September 16, 2019 10:49 PM

R180 + r182 can go die in a grease fire.

Ocasek and the Cars had more talent in their pinky fingernails than all 650 pounds of your entire bodies will ever have!

The Cars = among the Top 50 Best Pop Musicians of All Time.

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by Anonymousreply 191September 16, 2019 10:53 PM

Yeah, r180, r182 + r184 are too busy with their Beyonce and Taylor Swift albums to care.

Or are you some of the Streisand/Sinatra Elderqueens?

Do tell us which musicians “did something for you.”

by Anonymousreply 192September 16, 2019 10:58 PM

If you hit ignore, the haters all vanish as a single, unhappy entity. Let it consume itself in its own bile.

by Anonymousreply 193September 16, 2019 11:01 PM

Paulina was really wonderful on "Dancing With the Stars." She got kicked off WAY too soon.

by Anonymousreply 194September 16, 2019 11:08 PM

[quote]If you're living in Manhattan, you're probably living in a space where someone died.

And if you're not, odds are you'll die there.

by Anonymousreply 195September 16, 2019 11:09 PM

R190 A 1985 article in the NYT describing the CDX-1 experience in a limo ride mentions that the player alone was going for $549.95.

Using an inflation calculator, that has the same purchasing power as about $1,331 today.

by Anonymousreply 196September 16, 2019 11:20 PM

I wonder what surgery he had. Wife said he was recovering from surgery...

gee, maybe something went wrong?

by Anonymousreply 197September 16, 2019 11:23 PM

I'm thinking he went the Joan Rivers route, R197. He looked like he'd had some "work" done at that Hall Of Fame induction last year.

by Anonymousreply 198September 16, 2019 11:49 PM

[quote] It’s unclear how long Ocasek, born Otcasek, had been suffering from heart disease. Pulmonary emphysema, a type of lung disease, contributed to his death, the ME’s office said.

Did he ever stop smoking?

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by Anonymousreply 199September 17, 2019 1:05 AM

Thanks, Debbie Downer at r175.

by Anonymousreply 200September 17, 2019 1:13 AM

They were still married, the divorce was not finalized.

I assume that they knew about the cardiac and breathing issues, it may have been related to the surgery, or would have been identified prior to surgery.

by Anonymousreply 201September 17, 2019 1:17 AM

r188 Paulina and her kids got on well with Ocasek's older sons, she was just vacationing with his DIL and two grandkids over the summer per her Igram. His eldest son has tagged her on numerous posts as well over the years.

I do wonder what will happen to his estate since I believe they weren't formally divorced at his death. It hadn't been finalized. Someone with knowledge of NY estate could contribute.

by Anonymousreply 202September 17, 2019 1:19 AM

"knowledge of NY estate law" at r202

by Anonymousreply 203September 17, 2019 1:19 AM

Had they initiated divorce proceedings or were they just separated?

by Anonymousreply 204September 17, 2019 1:21 AM

The NYC townhouse was for sale, would lead one to believe they had begun proceedings or were close to it.

by Anonymousreply 205September 17, 2019 1:24 AM

Cause of death determined

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by Anonymousreply 206September 17, 2019 1:30 AM

when they got married, Paulina was wayyyy out of his league. How could the most beautiful girl in the world marry such a freaky looking weirdo?

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by Anonymousreply 207September 17, 2019 1:33 AM

Now she is his equal in the looks department...

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by Anonymousreply 208September 17, 2019 1:34 AM

Hardly, R208. She's older, but still beautiful.

by Anonymousreply 209September 17, 2019 1:37 AM

He had serious BDF

by Anonymousreply 210September 17, 2019 1:39 AM

Still think it sounds strange that she was "bringing him his Sunday morning coffee," yet she discovered him around 4 p.m.

by Anonymousreply 211September 17, 2019 1:54 AM

Same. Unless there was a delay to sort things and that is just when the police were called? If he was clearly dead?

Was he still in a relationship with the woman he left her for?

Sounds like they were all still living in the house?

Presumably he had a will, but as his still legal spouse, I assume she gets the bulk of his assets. There are 6 sons all together. He admitted that he had been an absent father to the older kids and that one was an addict. She really sounds like a lovely person, shame he did not appreciate that.

by Anonymousreply 212September 17, 2019 2:00 AM

I'd like to see her with silver/white hair. I don't like the dull blonde.

by Anonymousreply 213September 17, 2019 2:02 AM

Is it usual for extremely beautiful women to marry extremely handsome men? I don't think so.

by Anonymousreply 214September 17, 2019 2:02 AM

I used to see him all the time when I lived on 20th street and 3rd. I knew he lived in the neighborhood but had no idea he lived in that townhouse. I know exactly where it is.

by Anonymousreply 215September 17, 2019 2:11 AM

The pic at r207 is perfection. There really is no rival...

by Anonymousreply 216September 17, 2019 2:12 AM

She had an interesting face for sure. It was very square but still incredibly feminine. I think it’s wonderful that’s she’s allowed herself to age mostly naturally (but I can tell for sure she’s using lasers lol!)

by Anonymousreply 217September 17, 2019 2:20 AM

But still, dumped as an older woman, despite all she had brought to his family. Perhaps not the nicest of men? Talented tho.

by Anonymousreply 218September 17, 2019 3:09 AM

Eh... I imagine there was some relief on her part however they parted. Who wants to reach their 50s only to nursemaid someone well on their way to 80?

by Anonymousreply 219September 17, 2019 3:13 AM

Sounds like she still was acting in that role, R219.

by Anonymousreply 220September 17, 2019 3:17 AM

[quote]The Cars frontman Ric Ocasek died naturally of heart disease

Is that something they're just *telling* people?

by Anonymousreply 221September 17, 2019 5:34 PM

Most people don"t give a shit about this guy !

by Anonymousreply 222September 17, 2019 5:46 PM

Did he really leave Paulina for another woman? That is just crazy to me. Mind-boggling...

by Anonymousreply 223September 17, 2019 6:09 PM

The pictures of her don't really tell the story. yes she still looks good.

I've seen her in person and she is very tall and slim but those wrinkles are very deep, that's what the pictures don't show. And she had full on make up on...with deep, deep wrinkles, not a good look.

by Anonymousreply 224September 17, 2019 6:16 PM

[R224] Did she smoke?

by Anonymousreply 225September 17, 2019 6:19 PM

Meh. She still looks beautiful. If she embraces grey/white hair, she'll look even better.

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by Anonymousreply 226September 17, 2019 6:30 PM

[R111] Do you assume when people die that they get up and change positions depending on what time it is when they're found? If he died that night he'd obviously still be in his bed.

by Anonymousreply 227September 17, 2019 6:36 PM

Counting down my favorite Cars songs not yet linked.

#7 Drive

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by Anonymousreply 228September 17, 2019 7:39 PM

#6 My Best Friend's Girl, which even had a movie named after it!

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by Anonymousreply 229September 17, 2019 7:40 PM

#5 Hello Again, which a local TV station in my area used to promote reruns of '80s and '90s sitcoms with.

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by Anonymousreply 230September 17, 2019 7:43 PM

#4 Wound Up On You, which I discovered on their Elektra Years box set:

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by Anonymousreply 231September 17, 2019 7:48 PM

#3 mega-hit Shake It Up, which most people recognize.

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by Anonymousreply 232September 17, 2019 7:49 PM

I know none of their songs. I love the album cover with big smiling young woman, though. It's a classic image/design.

by Anonymousreply 233September 17, 2019 7:51 PM

#2 Misfit Kid. A more obscure but fun track from Panorama. My theme song!

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by Anonymousreply 234September 17, 2019 7:54 PM

#1 Magic. My '80s summer anthem!

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by Anonymousreply 235September 17, 2019 7:55 PM

[quote]When Peter Wolf goes it should be declared a National Holiday.

Why? Is he a jerk? Spill, please.

by Anonymousreply 236September 17, 2019 8:18 PM

"Blue Tip" from their ignored 2011 album Move Like This

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by Anonymousreply 237September 17, 2019 8:25 PM

"Sad Song"

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by Anonymousreply 238September 17, 2019 8:27 PM

Their music was just pure fun. LOVED them.

by Anonymousreply 239September 17, 2019 10:23 PM

R239, Agreed. Nothing like the Cars' songs to get you up, energetic, and ready for a physical workout.

by Anonymousreply 240September 18, 2019 12:18 AM

The “Magic” video was directed by Mr. Debby Wings!

by Anonymousreply 241September 18, 2019 1:21 AM

I always think of the movie The Last American Virgin when I think of The Cars. That film effectively used some of their songs.

And Heartbeat City is a beast of an album.

by Anonymousreply 242September 18, 2019 1:43 AM

I think I've told this before.

I've met them about a dozen times when I used to work in a NY hospital. The first time I met him he was alone in an elevator with me. We had to go up 20 floors. He looked familiar (he in a black leather coat) but I couldn't place him. I asked him, "are you in a band"? He replied that he was. I replied, "oh yes, how are you?". Although I couldn't remember which band he was in. A week later I realized who he was. I continued to see him and Paulina at the hospital over the next few weeks. My office was near the office of whomever they were seeing. He always said hello to me and started joking and asking me each time if I "was in a band". I always replied that I was. We both always laughed

A few year later I met them through friends and they remembered me. They're are/were really lovely people

by Anonymousreply 243September 18, 2019 2:08 AM

"Moving in Stereo" in Fast Times at Ridgemont Hight was the soundtrack to many 80s teen masturbation sessions.

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by Anonymousreply 244September 18, 2019 6:11 AM

Who was the chick in the album cover picture?

by Anonymousreply 245September 18, 2019 11:25 AM

Looks a bit like Carol Burnett, R245.

by Anonymousreply 246September 18, 2019 1:16 PM

[quote]Did he ever stop smoking?

Yeah. A couple of days ago.

by Anonymousreply 247September 18, 2019 1:55 PM

Sad about Ric, and I also can't believe it's been almost 20 years since Benjamin Orr died. :(

by Anonymousreply 248September 18, 2019 5:32 PM

I wonder if a biography will be coming out? Would probably be short. I LOVE the Cars but I don't think any of their lives was especially eventful.

by Anonymousreply 249September 18, 2019 10:18 PM

Was it drugs? LOL of course it was. Even if it was a heart attack he was drugged out at the time.

by Anonymousreply 250September 21, 2019 7:52 AM

R249, a Benjamin Orr biography came out in the past year or so. It was a nice read, but very amateurish and definitely uneventful, as the writer wanted to be respectful. Ric's bio would probably be interesting, but I doubt there would be any market for it.

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by Anonymousreply 251September 21, 2019 11:51 AM

One of the few people who looks even bettter in B&W

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by Anonymousreply 252September 21, 2019 2:27 PM

kitty cat

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by Anonymousreply 253September 21, 2019 2:33 PM

A very young Paulina in the early 80s with Cocteau Twins soundtrack

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by Anonymousreply 254September 21, 2019 3:41 PM

Pulina is from a time when models actually had to be beautiful

Now, she wouldn't book a job

by Anonymousreply 255September 21, 2019 5:10 PM
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by Anonymousreply 256September 21, 2019 5:43 PM

A new interview with Paulina published today in Rolling Stone. Link in her Insta. Reading between the lines, it seems there is more to his death than first reported. Either suicide or some health issue not previously known (or disclosed publicly).

by Anonymousreply 257October 5, 2019 7:49 PM

"He would wake up and get meticulously dressed like he was going to a photo session and go down to the basement and work all day, even if nobody was in the house. You wouldn’t catch him dead in a pair of sweatpants."

Truly, a straight man after DL's own heart.

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by Anonymousreply 258October 5, 2019 8:18 PM

From the [italic]Rolling Stone[/italic] article linked by R258:

[quote]His death was not at all related to his heart or his surgery, which was two weeks earlier. I don’t know how much I want to say about the surgery, but it was successful.

Sounds like cosmetic surgery.

by Anonymousreply 259October 5, 2019 8:31 PM

"I don’t know how much I want to say about the surgery, but it was successful."

Hmm... Separated in 2017, and now cagey about a mystery "surgery."

by Anonymousreply 260October 5, 2019 8:40 PM

Are you suggesting she bumped him off?

by Anonymousreply 261October 5, 2019 9:07 PM

No, R261! Just wondering what kind of surgery is so (apparently) embarrassing. I mean, the guy was newly single at age 73. Some sort of genital thing to regain function? I don't know; just seems odd that she'd be so evasive.

by Anonymousreply 262October 5, 2019 10:27 PM

He was transitioning late in life r262? I was suspicious about this last year, when they announced their separation after such a long marriage.

Would also explain why they remained so close after the split, so friendly. She was checking in on him at home before he died along with their kids.

by Anonymousreply 263October 6, 2019 2:59 AM

If he transitioned, couldn’t she become a lipstick 💄 lesbian? Is that too much of a stretch for a supermodel?

by Anonymousreply 264October 6, 2019 3:07 AM

Maybe she was more attached to Ocasek's dic than he was.

by Anonymousreply 265October 6, 2019 3:09 AM

[quote]the guy was newly single at age 73

I thought I read somewhere that he had a new girlfriend, which was the reason for the split with Paulina?

(however, the mind boggles at the thought of him doing a Caitlin Jenner) [italic](shiver!)[/italic]

by Anonymousreply 266October 6, 2019 6:21 AM

definitely fishy

by Anonymousreply 267October 6, 2019 6:44 AM

Oh, shit. I bet that’s what it was. He was transitioning...?

Did he have Marfan’s Syndrome?

by Anonymousreply 268October 7, 2019 2:48 AM

I had wondered the same about Marfan's.

by Anonymousreply 269October 7, 2019 3:16 PM
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