Facts of Ric Ocasek
Full Name:	Ric Ocasek
Birth Date:	March 23, 1944
Age:	80 years
Death Date:	August 15, 2019
Gender:	Male
Profession:	Singer
Horoscope:	Aries
Height:	6 feet 4 inches (1.93m)
Divorce	Constance, Suzanne Ocasek (m. 1971–1988), Paulina Porizkova (m. 1989–2019)
Net Worth	$80 million dollar
Eye Color	Dark Brown
Hair Color	Black
Birth Place	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	White
Education	Bowling Green State University,Antioch College,Maple Heights High School
Kids	Christopher,Adam,Eron,Derek,Jonathan and Oliver
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An American rock singer, songwriter, and the founder member of a renowned rock band ”Cars”. Ric is also known for his hit albums like My Best Friend’s Girl and Just What I Needed.

What is the Full Name of Ric Ocasek?

Ric Ocasek was born Richard Theodore Otcasek on 23rd March 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. As of 2022, his age would be 78 years old if he was alive. His sun sign is Aries. Ric’s family later moved to Cleveland, Ohio in order to seek a better future for their kids.

His father served NASA at the Lewis Research Center, he worked there as a system analyst. Ric grew up and spend his early life in Baltimore, Maryland.

Ric held American nationality and belongs to a white ethnical background. He had a height of 6 feet and 4 inches and a body weight of 85 kg. He had black color hair while his eyes were dark brown.

Education

Ric attended Maple Heights High School where he completed his high school education in the year 1963. He also attended Antioch College and Bowling Green State University. But Ric later dropped out of college so that he can pursue a career in music.

What is Ric Ocasek’s Net Worth?

The late rock band artist had accumulated a net worth of $80 Million dollars before his death. Besides, he also made a good sum of amount through his solo albums. The rock singer has contributed a lot to the music industry.

However, Ric and his ex-wife, Paulina bought an expensive mansion in 1989 before their divorce in New York City. The house is 6,000 square-foot which is worth $2.5 million.

However, they later sold their townhouse in January 2019 for $15.3 million. The ex-couple also bought a 5.5-acre country property 90 miles north of NYC in Millbrook, New York which is worth $650,000 in 1997.

Was Ric Ocasek Married? Wives

The American rock singer had married thrice. He was first married to Constance and got divorced from her in 1971. He then married Suzanne Otcasek, in the same year with whom he was married for 17 years. The couple was going well and happily living together until Paulina came into their life.

Ric met beautiful actress Paulina Prorizkova in the year 1984 while he was doing a music video for the song “Drive”. Then in the year 1988, he got divorced from Suzzane. Then he married Paulina Porizkova on 23rd August 1989 on Saint-Barthelemy island.

His third marriage somehow lasted for more than three decades than that of his last two marriages. But, even this marriage came to an end and Paulina announced their separation through her official Instagram account.

Talking about his children, Ocasek had six children, two sons each from his three marriages. His eldest son, Christopher was born in 1964 and he is a singer of the band Glamour Camp. His second son, Adam was born in  1970, Eron was born in 1973, Derek was born in 1981, Jonathan Raven was born in 1993, and finally his youngest son, Oliver was born in 1999.

Death

Ric died at the age of 70 on September 15, 2019. As per the reports, Ric’s death is a natural death when he had been recovering from surgery. He was suffering from hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases which are both related to heart problems.

Ric Ocasek (The Cars)

Ocasek formed a rock band ”the Cars” in 1976. The band includes five members along with Ric such as singer Benjamin Orr, keyboardist Greg Hawkes, drummer David Robinson, and lead guitarist Elliot Easton. The Cars has given several hit songs together from 1978 to 1988. As of now, the band has sold more than 23 million copies of albums.

The group released its debut album ”The Cars” in 1978. Within just 139 weeks of the release of their debut album, the band sold over six million copies and it has appeared on the US Billboard 200.

The band released many hit albums like” My best friend’s Girl” and ”Just what I needed” which gained a lot of recognition and fame worldwide. The Cars contributed a lot of hit albums to the music industry until they got separated in the year 1978. In the same year 1978, the Rolling Stone Readers’ Poll named the band the “Best New Artist”.

They also received an award titled “Video of the Year” for their song “You Might Think” from the album “Heartbeat City”‘ in 1984  at the  MTV Video Music Awards. However, in 2010, the band again reunited and released their first album entitled “Move Like This”. And the album was released on the 10th of May 2011.

Ric Ocasek’s Solo Career

• In 1982, Ocasek also released the album ”Beatitude” the first solo album. He then released another solo album titled ”This Side of Paradise” in 1986.
• This album also featured singers like Hawkes, Elliot Easton, and Ben Orr.
• It also includes a hit song Emotion in Motion.
• Later after some years, he released an album titled “Fireball Zone” in  1990.
• He then released some more solo albums such as  “Quick Change world” in 1993, “Getchertiktz” in 1996 ”, “Troublizing” along with Billy Corgan in 1997, and ”Nexterday” in 2005.

FAQs of Ric Ocasek

Who was Ric Ocasek?

An American rock singer, songwriter, and the founder member of a renowned rock band ”Cars”. Ric was also known for his hit albums like My Best Friend’s Girl and Just What I Needed.

Where was Ric Ocasek born?

Ric was born Richard Theodore Otcasek on 23rd March 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

How did Ric Ocasek die?

Ric died at the age of 70 on September 15, 2019. Ric’s death is a natural death when he had been recovering from surgery.