Lou Pearlman, disgraced Backstreet Boys and NSync impresario, dies at 62
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. The former producer and manager died Friday at...
Stereogum — Lou Pearlman, the disgraced former producer and manager of several boy bands including the Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, O-Town, and LFO, has died in prison, Billboard reports... 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
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 me... 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 2... 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 a... more info