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Ric Ocasek, lead singer for The Cars, dies at 75

Ric Ocasek, frontman of the Boston-based band The Cars, whose deadpan vocal delivery defined a rock era with chart-topping hits like ‘‘Just What I Needed,’’ was discovered dead Sunday in his Manhattan apartment.

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