USA Today Music — The Backstreet Boys and 'NSync founder died from an infection of the heart lining.             more info

Mercury News, California — Lou Pearlman, who founded 'N Sync, the Backstreet Boys, O-Town, and others, was doing time in prison for a ponzi scheme when he died in Miami on Friday. more info

PopSugar — Music producer Lou Pearlman passed away in prison on Friday, and his sudden death is being met with conflicting emotions from former members of the boy bands he managed back in the mid '90s and early 2000s. Lou was serving time at the Federal Correc... more info

MSN Music — Justin Timberlake paid tribute to the late Lou Pearlman, who formed and managed *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys in the '90s before going to prison in 2008 for a variety of crimes including money laundering and conspiracy, in a tweet Sunday.  more info

TMZ — Lou Pearlman died from an ongoing cardiac problem ... TMZ has learned. According to the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Office, the mastermind behind the Backstreet Boys and 'NSYNC ... died at a Miami hospital where he was scheduled to have heart… ... more info

ET Online — Pearlman was formerly a manager of Timberlake's boy band, *NSYNC, as well as the Backstreet Boys and O-Town. more info

People.com — Other NSYNC and Backstreet Boys members also took to Twitter to pay tribute to Lou Pearlman more info

Dlisted — Former boy band impresario and convicted Ponzi schemer Lou Pearlman died in a Florida federal prison on Friday night. He was 62. Lou was the corpulent cousin of Art Garfunkel (!) who gave us the Backstreet Boys, N*SYNC, O-Town, LFO, and Aaron Carter.... more info

CNN Showbiz — Lou Pearlman, the disgraced star-maker behind 1990s boy bands *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys, has died in prison, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. more info

Time — He was 62 more info