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

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