The Mirror — The music manager has died age 62 more info

BBC News - UK — US boy band mogul Lou Pearlman, founder of the Backstreet Boys and NSync, dies aged 62 in prison, where he was serving 25 years for fraud. more info

The Mirror — The star put aside their past differences and thanked Pearlman for starting his career more info

NME — Pop svengali was jailed in 2008 for running a massive illegal Ponzi scheme more info

The Mirror — He was sentenced to 25 years behind bars in 2008 following a string of fraud offences more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lou Pearlman, a former music mogul who launched the careers of boy bands the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, died on Friday at age 62 while serving a 25-year prison sentence for swindling investors and banks out of more than $300 m... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Lou Pearlman, credited for starting the boy-band craze and launching the careers of the Backstreet Boys and 'NSync, has died in prison while serving a 25-year sentence for a massive Ponzi scheme. more info

TMZ — Lou Pearlman, the record producer/manager who launched huge boy bands including 'NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys, has died in prison. Pearlman faced a slew of lawsuit by members of the 2 famous groups, claiming he screwed them out of their cash by… ... more info

ET Online — Pearlman died in prison on Friday, where he was serving out a conviction for his involvement in a massive Ponzi scheme in 2009. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Lou Pearlman, the disgraced music impresario who launched the Backstreet Boys, NSync and other boy bands in the 1990s before being convicted of a Ponzi scheme, has died at 62, according to the prison where Pearlman was serving a 25-year sentence. ... more info