Richard Burton "Rich" Cronin (August 30, 1975 – September 8, 2010) was an American singer and songwriter . He was the lead singer and primary songwriter for the pop group LFO .
Early life
Cronin was raised in Kingston, Massachusetts and attended Sacred Heart High School, class of 1993. He was of Irish and Swedish descent. Cronin has a brother named Mike Cronin, who was a manager for the pop group O-Town .
Career
LFO
Cronin was the founding member of the pop group LFO. The group's breakout hit Summer Girls , written by Cronin in 1999, hit #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales chart for six weeks. The single also went platinum in the US with sales of over 1,000,000 units. The members of LFO broke up in 2002 to pursue other endeavors.
After LFO
In 2007, Cronin was a cast member for the VH1 Reality Show Mission: Man Band . The show also starred Chris Kirkpatrick of 'N Sync , Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees and Bryan Abrams of Color Me Badd . The four former pop stars came together in Orlando, Florida to hit the music scene. Recording with producer Brian Michael Cox , performing and pitching their new music to major record labels, VH1 chronicled their month long endeavor in 8 episodes.
In 2008, Cronin released his first solo album Billion Dollar Sound on May 16, 2008.
He also formed a rap duo with Doug Ray (formerly of Bad Ronald ) called Loose Cannons. They released one album entitled "Life Goes On". The band performed shows from 2006-2008.
2009 reunion tour with LFO
On June 3, 2009, LFO posted a blog entitled "LFO IS BACK" on their official MySpace page which announced that they have reunited and are going on tour beginning July 9, 2009, with Rookie of the Year, Go Crash Audio, and Kiernan McMullan. A new song titled "Summer of My Life" was also announced in associated with the reunion. In September of 2009 they announced that they had broken up.
Illness and death
In March 2005, Cronin went to the hospital after suffering from constant headaches. He was diagnosed with a form of leukemia known as acute myelogenous leukemia . He was given chemotherapy at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston . In January 2006 he was in remission. He started his own foundation called the Rich Cronin Hope Foundation to raise awareness about the deadly disease, making it his mission to educate people about the need for donating blood, and even more so, bone marrow. In the summer of 2010, his condition worsened, and he was admitted for further treatment at Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
On September 8, 2010 in the afternoon, Cronin passed away in the hospital after suffering a stroke. Family members, friends and fellow pop stars, including Chris Kirkpatrick , Lance Bass , and the Backstreet Boys (as a group as well as a separate tweet from Backstreet Boy AJ McLean ), reported on Twitter that Rich Cronin had died before any news sources did. Celebrity news site TMZ.com was first to report his death.
Cronin's manager Melissa Holland confirmed his death in a statement on the singer's official Facebook page .
- "On behalf of the Cronin family and all at the Hope Foundation and [his record label] Orange Freeze, thank you so much for your kind words and thoughts. Continue to post them as a tribute to a great man, a better artist and the best friend I could ever have."
References
- ^ "LFO IS BACK - MySpace-blog | van LFO" . Blogs.myspace.com. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=38046454&blogId=492651964 . Retrieved 2010-01-31.
- ^ "LFO Lead Singer Dies" . TMZ.com. 2010-09-08. http://www.tmz.com/2010/09/08/lfo-singer-dies-leukemia-stroke-hospital/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter .
- ^ |accessdate=2010-09-08}}Tecson, Brandee J. (2005-04-14). "LFO Singer Rich Cronin Hospitalized With Leukemia - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News" . Mtv.com. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1500203/20050414/lfo.jhtml . Retrieved 2010-01-31.
- ^ Tecson, Brandee J. (2006-01-03). "LFO Singer In Remission After Chemo Treatment; Working On Solo LP - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News" . Mtv.com. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1519415/20051228/lfo.jhtml . Retrieved 2010-01-31.
- ^ "Official Backstreet Boys Twitter" . http://twitter.com/backstreetboys/status/23974410156 .
- ^ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1647402/20100908/lfo_2_.jhtml
External links
- Official Website
- Rich Cronin on MySpace
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