Ric Ocasek

Richard Theodore Otcasek † (March 23, 1944 - September 15, 2019 [aged 75])https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ric-ocasek-dead-cars-frontman-rock-star-dies-age-75-cause-of-death-heart-disease-2019-09-16/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0643619/ was an American singer, songwriter who was known for his work with the new wave band The Cars. 
==History==
Ric Ocasek was born on March 23, 1944.
===The Cars===
Ric Ocasek was a founding member of the band the Cars. He wrote most of the band's material (member Greg Hawkes helped write a few songs), played Rythm guitar and he shared vocals with Benjermin Orr.https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2011/05/qa-ric-ocasek-of-the-cars After the Cars would break up in 1988, he would go on to a solo career.
===Solo career===
Ric Ocasek started his solo career in 1982 and in 1986 had a hit with the song emotion in motion. 
In the 1980s, he released the solo album Beatitude in 1982https://www.allmusic.com/album/beatitude-mw0000030483 and This Side of Paradise in 1986.https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-side-of-paradise-mw0000195123
After the Cars broke up, he focused more on his solo career and record producing. He would release several solo albums throughout the 1990s. Such as Fireball Zone in 1991https://www.allmusic.com/album/fireball-zone-mw0000267420, Quick Change World in 1993https://www.allmusic.com/album/quick-change-world-mw0000095309 and Troublizing in 1997.https://www.allmusic.com/album/troublizing-mw0000025203
In the 1990s, he produced Weezer's Blue album.https://web.archive.org/web/20180321112151/https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/cars He persuaded them to keep their song Buddy Holly from being cut from the album. Ocasek would produce several more of Weezer's albums, with him last producing an album of theirs in 2014.
In 2005, he released his last album Nexterday,https://www.allmusic.com/album/nexterday-mw0000410653 the album included the song Silver which was a tribute to Benjermin Orr The Cars bassist and co vocalist who died of cancer in 2000. 
Ocasek also was an artist and would present his art at art gallery's.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADhLOtCzZhU
==Channel==
On February 4, 2015, Ric Ocasek created his YouTube channel.https://www.youtube.com/@ricocasek3884/abouthttps://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UCJFbZdEoHImG3HqZzLjJM-A On October 16, 2015, Ric Ocasek released the song Sunshine on it which was previously unreleased.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiIa2VGbA80 Ocasek would last upload on his channel on January 19, 2016, of a 1994 recording of him playing the Cars 1978 song Just What I Needed on an acoustic guitar.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOjU6N_5eUo
== Death ==
Ocasek died on September 15, 2019, at the age of 75 shortly after surgery, Ocasek had heart problems.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQnnC3eSNCw
==Gallery==
File:Ric-Ocasek (cropped).jpg|Ocasek in 2009
File:Ric Ocasek 1984 (Elektra Press Kit Photo) (cropped).jpg|Ocasek in the 1980s
==References==
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