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LFO Lead Singer Rich Cronin Dead At 35

LFO Lead Singer Rich Cronin Dead At 35:Rich Cronin, former frontman for the boy LFO, known hit 1999 “Summer Girls”, died on Wednesday (September 8 ) from leukemia. He was 35. TMZ reports that the singer lost his long battle with cancer Wednesday afternoon after suffering a stroke. Cronin first diagnosed with myeloid leukemia, in 2005, complaining of fatigue and headache. Later he created the Rich Cronin Hope Foundation to raise awareness for cancer treatment.Manager Cronin Melissa Holland confirmed his death in a statement the singer Facebook page. “On behalf of the family and all at Cronin Hope Foundation, and [his label] Orange Freeze, thank you very much for your kind words and thoughts. Continue to publish them as a tribute to the great man, a better artist’s best friend, whom I could not.” A member of boy-Bander Lance Bass of ‘NSYNC tweeted about the death of Cronin, typescript, “The Garden is a sad day that Rich Cronin died, was an amazing guy.: (” Rich Cronin, a native of Boston, became famous in the late 90′s, LFO as the frontman with the band members, Brad Fischetti and Devin Lima, write a fresh hit “Summer Girls,” which playfully name checks Abercrombie and Fitch. Managed by a former boy-band mogul Lou Pearlman, who also led the early careers of ‘NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys, the trio released a self-titled album that same year. The album also gave the hit “Girl on TV”, which featured Cronin said flame Jennifer Love Hewitt in the accompanying video. He also wrote a second album, Life is good, according to the biography on the singer’s MySpace-page. However, later Cronin slammed Pearlman, accusing him of swindling a group of millions of dollars and publishing rights and the maintenance of inappropriate relationships with other artists he lived. “I had to go for treatment … it is really scary guy,” said Cronin in 2009.Cronin briefly returned to his health, and professional issues as castmember in 2007 VH1 reality show “Mission: Man Band”, which featured former boy band star Chris Kirkpatrick of “NSYNC, Color Me Badd Bryan Abrams and Jeff 98 degrees’ Timmons. Shaw , in helmets Grammy producer Bryan Michael Cox, after trying the stars to return to the spotlight, as the boy-band supergroup Sureshot.Cronin later released his first solo album Billion Dollar Sound, in 2008 and declared the LFO reunion tour, and in June 2009 until its collapse in the same year.In January, Cronin seems to be back doing what he loved and tweeted about working on new music. “Hey guys I’m just in Boston writing in the studio,” he wrote. “Hoping to make it all work!”

Rich Cronin Died At 35

Rich Cronin Died At 35:Rich Cronin, lead singer and founder of the late 1990′s boy group LFO, died after a long battle with leukemia, according to reports from TMZ and E! News. He was 35. Or LFO Lyte Funky Ones, were the famous beach of 1999-the first hit “Summer Girls”, which included the glory-the-moment lyrics written by Cronin, “I love girls who wear Abercrombie and Fitch.” The video for their follow-up, “Girls on TV,” Selected Cronin girlfriend Jennifer Love Hewitt. The band split in 2002. In 2005, Cronin was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Two years later, his cancer in remission, Cronin – along with former Boy Banders Jeff Timmons (98 Degrees), Bryan Abrams (of Color Me Badd), and Chris Kirkpatrick (of ‘N Sync) – starred in the VH1 reality Mission : Man Band, the Suppression of the quartet to launch a new group.

Kirkpatrick updated his Facebook profile today with the message “RIP good friend Rich C.” Lance Bass is also posted on Twitter with a message, “Sad sad day that Rich Cronin died – was an amazing guy.”

In 2006, Cronin, looking back on his career, told EW, “I am truly grateful for the success I had. And if it happens again, it would be really cool. I’m just the same guy writing pop songs to make people happy. And yet, I only wanted girls in Abercrombie and Fitch “.