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  2. Benjamin Orr - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Ric Ocasek - Wikipedia

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    Ocasek met future Cars bassist Benjamin Orr in Cleveland in 1965 after Ocasek saw Orr performing with his band the Grasshoppers on the Big 5 Show, a local musical variety program. [14] He reconnected with Orr a few years later in Columbus, Ohio, and the two began performing in and booking bands together. They formed a band called ID Nirvana in 1968 and performed in and around Ohio State ...

  4. Talk:Benjamin Orr - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Rural Ohio grave of The Cars' Benjamin Orr is a shrine to ...

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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. You wouldn't expect this to be the final resting place ...

  6. The Cars - Wikipedia

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    Before forming The Cars, the band's members performed together in several groups. Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr met in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1960s after Ocasek saw Orr performing with his band, the Grasshoppers, on The Big 5 Show, a local musical variety program. The two were members of various bands in Columbus, Ohio, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, before moving to Boston in the early 1970s. [2] In ...

  7. John Leonard Orr - Wikipedia

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    John Leonard Orr (born April 26, 1949) [1] is an American convicted serial arsonist, mass murderer and former firefighter. A fire captain and arson investigator in Glendale, California, Orr was convicted of serial arson and four counts of murder; [2]: 256 he is believed to have set nearly 2,000 fires in a 30-year arson spree, most of them between 1984 and 1991, making him the most prolific ...

  8. Chad Michael Murray - Wikipedia

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    Chad Michael Murray was born in Buffalo, New York, and was raised by a single father, Rex Murray, who worked as an air traffic controller. [1] His mother left the family when Murray was 10 years old. [2] He has five siblings, consisting of a younger sister, three younger full brothers, and a younger half-brother from his father's second marriage, and has two step-siblings, consisting of a step ...

  9. List of people from Cincinnati - Wikipedia

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    Shane Larkin – plays in the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi for Anadolu Efes S.K., son of Barry Larkin [485] Mike Mathis – NBA referee [486] Kelsey Mitchell – 2018 Big Ten Women's Basketball Player of the Year for Ohio State [487] Louis Orr – NBA player and college coach [488][489][490] LaSalle Thompson – NBA player [491]