Lou Pearlman, the disgraced former producer and manager of several boy bands including the Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, O-Town, and LFO, has died in prison, Billboard reports. Pearlman was serving a 25-year prison sentence after being convicted of running a half-a-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme in 2008. He was 62.
Many emotions at the news of Lou's passing. Without Lou I wouldn't have met my four brothers or had the opportunity of a lifetime. RIP.
— AJ McLean (@aj_mclean) August 21, 2016
Love him or hate him, Lou gave many of us our start. It's a shame he let greed get in his way. #RIP #LouPearlman pic.twitter.com/u91HAuflio
— Ashley Parker Angel (@ParkerAngel) August 21, 2016
