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Rock hall of famer Benjamin Orr, vocalist and bassist for The Cars, is buried at St. Patrick Cemetery in Geauga County's Thompson Township.
Benjamin Orr (né Orzechowski, September 8, 1947 – October 4, 2000) was an American musician. He was best known as the bassist, co-lead vocalist, and co-founder of the band the Cars.
The Cars were an American rock band formed in Boston in 1976. [2] Emerging from the new wave scene in the late 1970s, they consisted of Ric Ocasek (rhythm guitar), Benjamin Orr (bass guitar), Elliot Easton (lead guitar), Greg Hawkes (keyboards) and David Robinson (drums). Ocasek and Orr shared lead vocals, and Ocasek was the band's principal songwriter and leader. [3] The Cars were at the ...
The Cars Ocasek was a founding member of the Cars, recording numerous hit songs from 1978 to 1988. He played rhythm guitar and sang lead vocals for a majority of songs (bassist Benjamin Orr was lead vocalist on the remaining tracks). Ocasek was the oldest member of the band.
Move Like This is the seventh and final studio album by American rock band the Cars, released on May 10, 2011. It was their first since 1987's Door to Door, and the only without bassist and co-vocalist Benjamin Orr, who had died of pancreatic cancer in 2000. [3][4] The album reached the top ten of the Billboard 200 and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart; [5] a single ...
Knollwood Cemetery was incorporated on September 9, 1908, by C.F. Heinig, Francis P. Newcome, and H.L. Ebbert. [1] A five-member board of directors was established, and Benjamin Ottman elected its first president. [2] A few weeks after its incorporation, the cemetery purchased 200 acres (810,000 m 2) of land from the Pennington-Quilling Co. for $40,000 ($1,399,852 in 2024 dollars). The land ...
Benjamin Orr and the Cars", Ben was born to immigrant parents that were not born in a village in present day Poland. From genealogical records his mother was Carpatho-Rusyn and baptized Alžbeta Benová in the Greek Catholic church in present day Kojšov, Slovakia. His father, Charles, was born in Kiev Oblast.
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