The Cars’ Ric Ocasek found dead in N.Y. apartment

The Associated Press

5 years ago

Ric Ocasek, from the Cars, performs during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony in ... — Ric Ocasek, from the Cars, performs during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony in Cleveland in 2018. (AP Photo/David Richard, File)

Ric Ocasek of the Cars arrives at the MusiCares Person of the Year event at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles in 2015. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Ric Ocasek, left, and Brandon Flowers is seen at the 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Cleveland Public Auditorium Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Michael Zorn/Invision/AP)

Inductee Ric Ocasek of The Cars speaks during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Richard)

Ric Ocasek, left, from the Cars, performs during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Richard)

NEW YORK — Ric Ocasek, famed frontman for The Cars rock band, has been found dead in a Manhattan apartment.

The New York City police department said officers responding to a 911 call found the 75-year-old Ocasek at about 4 p.m. on Sunday. They said there was no sign of foul play and that the medical examiner was to determine a cause of death.

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

In May of 2018, model and actress Paulina Porizkova announced on social media that she and Ocasek had separated after 28 years of marriage. The pair first met while filming the music video for “Drive.”