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dead @ 35 after a 5 year battle w/ leukemia. as some of you may know i am a sucker for pop music like this, call me gay if you want. like em or not, that abercrombie & fitch song was one song that you couldn't get away from a couple years ago.
Edited By: MUPokerPlayer Sep 9th, 2010 at 08:12 AM
LFO Lead Singer Dead at 35
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By PopEater Staff Posted Sep 8th 2010 09:00PM
Rich Cronin, the lead singer of '90s boy band LFO, died Wednesday after a long battle with leukemia, TMZ reports. Cronin suffered a stroke and died in the hospital this afternoon, his brother said. He was 35 years old.
Cronin and his band, LFO, were most known for their 1999 hit song 'Summer Girls,' which Cronin wrote. They also had another top 10 Billboard hit, 'Girl on TV,' which Cronin wrote about Jennifer Love Hewitt--whom he would go on to date for a short time.
Cronin had been fighting acute myelogenous leukemia since 2005 and has been in remission several times, according to Zap2it.com. He started the Rich Cronin Hope Foundation to raise awareness about leukemia and to encourage people to become bone marrow donors.
Several former boy band members have expressed their sadness over Cronin's passing on Twitter. Chris Kirpatrick of *NSYNC fame Tweeted, ""Rip to a great friend rich c." Lance Bass, also of *NSYNC, shared, "Sad sad day that Rich Cronin died- was a amazing guy."
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That sucks...I didn't know of LFO when they were big, but Rich was always a guest on The Kidd Chris Show. He was funny as hell. I knew that he had leukemia, but I thought he was over it 100%. I don't know much about leukemia, this was a pretty shocking thread.
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sad... i actually liked LFO... sad.
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oh man LFO is the best boy band of all time. Takes me back to my childhood. :( The good die young imo.
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boooooo.
six minutes was a good song until the jonas brothers ruined it.
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nice, i'd never heard that one dan
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that's a bummer. RIP Rich. "Girl on TV" is a jammm.
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cool, ty for the huOriginally Posted by WiCane
he had a really funny interview with Howard Stern on his show.
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Rich was a friend of mine from high school. He was a cool, funny guy. I think Ive mentioned his name in OT a few times when Post of Jennifer Love H was mentioned. I used to always fuck with him when I ran into him (he came back to Plymouth after LFO disbanded). Id say "Dude, let me smell your fingers!!" and he would laugh. He is the first highschool friend that died of a disease. Ive had a couple friend die by thier own hand or car wrecks etc. He was the same age as me and died of a disease which kinda freaks me out. RIP BRA
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Fun Dip and Cherry Coke!
RIP -
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that really sucks. rip man
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lol wut????? nice level. lfo sucks ballsacks made of dicksOriginally Posted by Milkman Andy
oh man LFO is the best boy band of all time. Takes me back to my childhood. :( The good die young imo.
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Just listened to that entire Howard Stern interview. Dude is fucking hilarious.
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Shooby-doo-wop and scooby snacks
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lol @ sniffing her fingers
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I have fond memories of the summer of 99 and Summer Girls. And real girls too.
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Aw, girl on tv was my first slow dance in 5th grade
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