‘NSync, Backstreet Boys creator Lou Pearlman dies in prisonMIAMI — Lou Pearlman, credited for starting the boy-band craze and launching the careers of the Backstreet Boys and ‘NSync, has died in prison while serving a 25-year sentence for a massive Ponzi scheme. (AP Photo/John Raoux, FILE) | mb.com.ph Lou Pearlman poses outside his office’s at Church Street Station in Orlando, Fla. in this Oct. 27, 2006 file photo. (AP Photo/John Raoux, FILE) | mb.com.phThe Orlando Sentinel reports that according to a federal inmate database, the 62-year-old Pearlman died Friday. Hundreds of lawsuits were filed in the mogul’s case, including one by the Backstreet Boys. He might not have been a stand up businessman, but I wouldn’t be doing what I love today wout his influence.

Source: Manila Bulletin August 21, 2016 03:56 UTC