Rick Ocasek was one of the lead singers for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group the Cars. Ocasek passed away on Sunday, September 15th in  his apartment in New York City.  The Cars are an American Rock band who emerged in the late 1970;s and were named Best New Artist in 1978  by Rolling Stone.  In additon, the Cars won Video of the Year for “You Might Think”  in 1984.  The Cars have sold over twenty four million albums in the  United States alone.  Ocasek is survived by his wife supermodel Paulina Porizkova and six sons.