It was three-years-ago today (September 15th, 2019) that Ric Ocasek, the guitarist and leader of the Cars, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment at age 75. Although he suffered from both a hypertensive heart and coronary artery disease, it was reported he officially died from natural causes. Ocasek is survived by six sons, two from each of his three marriages. At the time of his death he was estranged from his third wife, supermodel Paulina Porizkova who has since revealed, unbeknownst to her, that prior to her husband's death, she had been erased from his will. Ric Ocasek, who was born Richard Theodore Otcasek in Cleveland, is responsible for some of the most timeless and important pop/rock/new wave classics recorded between 1978 and 1985; literally writing every hit the Cars scored during their original eight-year run. Ocasek, who played rhythm guitar, shared lead vocal duties with late-bassist Benjamin Orr, and wrote such instant radio staples as "Just What I Needed,
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The ribbon cutting ceremony for the new University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center in Prince George’s County took place Tuesday. Governor s Office photo
EHRLICHS PUSH VACCINES IN NEW ANTI-COVID CAMPAIGN: Former Gov. Bob Ehrlich and former first lady Kendel Ehrlich are participants in the state’s campaign to urge Marylanders to get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, writes Bryan Renbaum for Maryland Reporter.
DELEGATES PUSH AGAINST HOGAN ENDING ENHANCED JOBLESS BENEFITS: Some Maryland delegates pushed back Tuesday against the governor’s recent decision to end expanded unemployment benefits without evidence that it would lead to job gains, Elizabeth Shwe writes in Maryland Matters. “I don’t disagree that there are more jobs available; I don’t disagree that there are challenges in getting people into those jobs…but there doesn’t seem to be any behavioral economics or macroeconomic analysis that suggests that this decision is going to help people get in
Maryland’s state lawmakers are investigating whether they can overturn Gov. Larry Hogan’s decision to opt out of federal programs that have aided the unemployed during the pandemic.