The cause of death remains unconfirmed. The Cars helped kick-start the new wave movement. The band was formed in Boston in the mid-1970s by Ocasek and band-mate Benjamin Orr after they met at high ...

Singers Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr injected the songs with ... reunited with Todd Rundgren as the New Cars 17 years later.) Orr died of cancer in 2000 at the age of 53.