LFO Lead Singer Rich Cronin Dead at 35

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, his brother said. He was 35.

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.

Read 'Summer Girls' Lyrics

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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Wednesday 08 September

By me

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So sorry he died so young, but do you want to be obscure and a one hit wonder? Slow news day.

By Joseph

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Well, let's see how many people give a crap when you die. After all, you MUST be so important and all. Oh, wait. I bet YOU live in total obscurity since you're hiding behind the oh-so-clever moniker of "me."

By Amy

So let's see...this young man dies after a long battle with a disease, and that's not newsworthy, and yet everyone clambers to read about some loser celeb who gets busted for drugs, gets implants, or has an incident of domestic violence?

This is certainly more newsworthy and important that any of those.

Thursday 09 September

By Lori

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You are a loser !!!

By xnfuzhaomi

I don't recall the band but I still feel for his famiy and friends. He has a great talent from the video and it will be sad not to hear from him again. I also feel for his band mates they must be devastated.I love this , So does My boyfriend .he is almost 11year older than me .i met him via agegapsingl es.c000m a nice place for seeking age le ss love.which gives you a chance to make your life better and open opportunities for you to meet the attractive young girls and treat you like a king. Maybe you wanna check it out or tell your friends.. Just love it

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By B

He was such a cutie pie! 35 is so young.

May he rest in peace.

By kazz23

35 years old. Dang. Rest In Peace.

By Colleen

I was sad to hear about this. I totally was one of those girls that went and made Abercrombie a cool brand by buying it when I heard this song. R.I.P. Rich!

By tom

glad you like Abercrombie,but it was COOL to wear before this song,that's why he says "I like Girls that wear Abercrombie..."

By reena

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to Tom: was it EVER cool to wear Abercrombie????

By trsdek

Love this song. Sorry that he died so young.

By rachamorii

I think the song was called Summertime Girls not Summer Girls.

By Lisa

Actually, it was "Summer Girls".

By bethdebassige

I am very sorry to have read about Rich Cronin's death!

By Allie

I'm really sorry to hear about his death. He was a very nice guy, I had to the priviledge to meet him and his band back in '99'. My prayers are with his family and friends, and I hope he rests in peace.

By raidrmik67

Who?

By Ryan Christopher

I shared some times with him while in the band take 5 on the all that tour and several other times recently producing movies, i'm sure hes still making hit songs up there! Ryan Christopher....

by the way great site

By tlm550

It isn't a surprise that no one had heard of these people.
They have absolutely no singing, writing, or dancing talent. Not one bit.

By joe

dude STFU, not the place or time

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