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Adam Schlesinger, Fountains of Wayne singer, dead at 52 from Covid-19

Adam Schlesinger, the co-founder of pop-rock band Fountains of Wayne and an Oscar-nominated songwriter, has died from complications related to coronavirus. He was 52.
"As many of you are aware, Adam had been hospitalized with Covid-19 and although he had been making some small improvements over the last few days, Adam's condition was critical and he was ultimately unable to recover from Covid-19 complications," read a statement from the band's attorney, provided to CNN. "He was truly a prolific talent and even more so, a loving and devoted father, son and friend."
It added: "We are terribly sorry to convey this loss."
Schlesinger's band, which was co-founded with Chris Collingwood, was best known for its 2003 hit "Stacy's Mom," a humorous track about a young boy who has a crush on his friend's mother. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award.

But Schlesinger had success before that as a songwriter. He co-wrote the title track to the 1996 Tom Hanks film "That Thing You Do," and received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for his work.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/01/entertai ... index.html

That completely sucks.

I loved that band and I loved That Thing You Do.

Wow. He is the second person to die who had been on my radar before (Terrence McNally was the first). I know there are lots of non-celebrities dying, but it just snaps into place in a different way when it is someone with whom you have some small connection.