‘NSync, Backstreet Boys creator Lou Pearlman dies in prison
MIAMI — Lou Pearlman, who’s credited with 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. According to a federal inmate database, the 62-year-old Pearlman died Friday. The cause of death was not immediately known. Pearlman’s […]
New York Times — The music producer helped pioneer the boy-band phenomenon before he was convicted of running a $300 million Ponzi scheme and sentenced to 25 years in federal prison. 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
Chicago Sun-Times, IL — MIAMI — Lou Pearlman, who’s credited with starting the boy-band craze and launching the careers of the Backstreet Boys and ‘NSync, has died in prison while serving ... more info
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Lou Pearlman, the disgraced music impresario who launched the Backstreet Boys, NSync and other boy bands in the 1990s before being convicted in a Ponzi scheme, has died a... 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 f... more info