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But that time period waiting on new albums and going to shows was a magical time in my life. Benjamin's family, friends, and music associates have been so generous in sharing their treasured memories with us all. Television / Reality. Wow! when i do get to heaven, hopefully, lol, i will find him and give him a big hug and thank him for all the years of listening and looking pleasure. Can’t believe he’s been gone over 17yrs, so sad, what a tragic loss. Back then they had a PR stunt going so Ben wouldn’t have to reject his female fans. I’ve shed tears over it, even. I enjoyed reading your blog. Here is is 2018 and whenever i talk to anyone I went to Junior high & high school with, they still say when they hear The Cars they can’t help but to immediately think of me as well. I remember hearing he’d been diagnosed with it and being shocked that something like your pancreas (which I didn’t really understand then) could be so deadly. bought the albums and stared at him on cardboard as i listened to his oh so sexy voice. So sad, I am just so grateful that there are so many videos of Benjamin to remember him by. It made me feel a profound sense of loss for a man I’ve never met and who has been gone for years. I was 6-years-old and I don’t know WHY I was at that concert, but I was transfixed by his flowing blonde locks. Julie Snider - Video Editor. Connie Hamzy. I first heard Ben’s voice when i was 15 in 1978. i loved it immediately. Anyway part of me is glad I wasn’t the only one crazy about this man and the other part of me feels like he was mine and anyone else is an intruder. here is my dear benjamin orr, and my dear friend julie..she is fantastic,so sweet,so kind, nice..greeting julie! Seis días más tarde, en la noche del 3 de octubre, Benjamin Orr falleció en Atlanta (Georgia), en la casa de su novia, Julie Snider, víctima del propio cáncer que le afectaba. That would be Tommy Shaw, whom I saw playing with Styx on the Grand Illusion tour. Wish I could’ve seen them in the 70’s! I first noticed Benjamin Orr on the Cars’ albums in the late 1970’s when I was in junior high. Benjamin Orr, Rock Musician Who Was a Founder of the Cars, Dies at 53 By NEIL STRAUSS Benjamin Orr, a bassist, vocalist and founding member of the rock group the Cars, died on Tuesday in his home in Atlanta. Milliken was from Boston, Orr lived there and it was where the Cars were launched. I went to the show at Nassau Coliseum LONG ISLAND, NY and wasn’t going home w/o going backstage with my 2 girlfriends and the persistent little 16 year old bitch I was, got my way. The night I met them I felt as I were in the presence of greatness. It’s like time capsule of All-Things-1980’s-Pop-Culture. Benjamin Orr. Known in his neighbourhood as "Benny 11 Letters", Benjamin could play a variety of instruments, including the drums, guitar, bass guitar, and keyboards. But he experienced phenomenal fame, realized his music ambitions, and apparently had a son. Aww, so nice to hear from someone else who loves him the way I do. Thank you for sharing your Benjamin Orr story it blessed my heart. SHE CLAIMS TO BE A FITNESS ENTHUSIAST AS WELL, BUT SHE MIGHT JUST LIKE WEARING THE CLOTHES. American Musician Ben Orr was born Benjamin Orzechowski on 8th September, 1947 in Lakewood, Ohio, USA and passed away on 3rd Oct 2000 Atlanta, Georgia, USA aged 53. Milliken, 52, was a fan of the band, the group's debut album coming out when he was in his teens. RIP Ben Orr. Anyway I have to add that ironically my copy of Let’s Go arrived today. There will never be another quite like Benjamin Orr. So, I came straight home and watched this video again. He was born Benjamin Orzechowski on September 8, 1947 in Lakewood, Ohio to Russian and Czechoslovakian parents. Orr was born Benjamin Orzechowski in Cleveland, Ohio. The Lace would be the only solo album Benjamin Orr released. Thank you for sharing Sherry! Wonderful that people still remember him so fondly. Born Benjamin Orzechowski in Cleveland, Orr formed the Cars with singer-guitarist Rick Ocasek in Boston in 1976. Unlike you Julie, i did meet Benjamin and the entire band in ’82. It was there in the late 60s that he met Ric Ocasek, a musician and college dropout. That would be Tommy Shaw, whom I saw playing with Styx on the Grand Illusion tour. Ben Orr absolutely lit up that stage. He was originally from Ohio and started pursuing music quite early in his life. This is for Benjamin Orr. It was a bit random for the ’80’s so I kept it to myself, but I always listened for him and sought him out in those goofy videos. I don’t even hear guitars & drums in this music. Benjamin Orr was also the first time I’d heard of Pancreatic Cancer. THANK GOD FOR THE INTERNET. Those eyes! Branded Content / Advertisements. He was only 5 when his dad died. Orr lost his battle with Pancreatic Cancer on October 4, 2000 at the home of his fiancée Julie Snider in Atlanta, Georgia. , always loved the CARS but really fully appreciating ben orr now, what a fantastic singer, and absolutely beautiful looking guy, and a real nice guy too apparently…that lovely smile still melts my chocolate! It never seems so at the time but so many people agree that looking back, it was the time of their lives. Sizzles / Case Studies / Corporate. As a member of The Cars, Benjamin Orr shared vocal duties with … 108.4k Followers, 557 Following, 450 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Julie Snyder (@juliesnyderofficielle) ❤️, I’d always been a fan of the Cars, and of Ben’s “Stay The Night” song since I first hears it back in the 1980s. 1 votes. I am glad Benjamin was so loved by so many. i could not take my eyes off him. I fell for him like a ton of bricks. Benjamin Orr of The Cars was different because I loved his voice long before I saw him. Benjamin Orr. So very talented… and taken too soon. Benjamin Orzechowski (known as Ben Orr) played in numerous bands before finding fame in the late Seventies and Eighties with the Cars. When I look at pictures of Ben Orr now, he always had a cigarette — and sadly, smoking can be a cause of pancreatic cancer, a deadly disease, and nearly always incurable. Benjamin Orzechowski, conocido como Benjamin Orr (Lakewood, Ohio, 8 de septiembre de 1947-Atlanta, Georgia, 3 de octubre de 2000), fue un músico estadounidense, bajista y vocalista del grupo The Cars, una de las bandas de rock New Wave más populares de los años 1970 y 1980. then my first boyfriend turned me onto the debut album and my crush intensified as I saw Benjamin with his natural colored brunette hair color and the music was incredible. Comments I look back at pics of myself and can see I was obvious jail bait and he wasn’t Jimmy Page and I wasn’t Lori Maddox and it was 1982 not 72. Benjamin Orr wasn’t my very first Rock ‘n’ Roll crush. He had such a beautiful voice, and was a great songwriter , Oh Julie, this was a really neat read. I had a crush on Benjamin Orr wayyyy back in the late seventies. AFTER 25 YEARS IN RADIO, JULIE FOUND HERSELF WITHOUT A MICROPHONE TO VOICE HER OPINIONS. Some woman named Amy, a well over 6 feet tall skinny like Olive Oil chick was being introduced as Ben’s fiance. WHERE WOULD SHE GO TO SHARE HER THOUGHTS & VIEWS (AKA- BITCH & MOAN)? trivia, I preordered it, I am friendly with the author . I love the song “All I Can Do”! That voice! Bassist for The Cars. My son is in 9th grade now and it’s pitiful the music these kids have to choose from and the cost of concerts. The Cars 2010 reunion album, Move Like This, while very good, was missing a little something without him. Never noticed THAT before either!). He was 53. We Love You. He was 53. His looks and that voice, truly an angel on earth and now in heaven, I’m a newbie young-ish fan of Benjamin Orr, I just think he was so gorgeous, I love his blond hair and blue dreamy eyes. it’s been 18 years I still don’t think I am aver over it and seeing his son so emotional at the 2018 R & R Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Within two years, ... Julie Snider, and members of Big People. music Your email address will not be published. My crush on Benjamin began the first time I saw him on the back cover of Candy-O which I bought after hearing Let’s Go. My teenage years and being popular at school. I always thought he was cute, but I never had a crush on him back then. Contact And the music world is a little worse off without him. i remember my mom saying he was way to old for me and i told her, if i met him today and he asked me to run away with him, i would be gone before she could ever stop me. It’s funny to me, how many of us are still pining for that man! I think to myself what an amazing performer he was and very charmistic in his interviews. En sus últimos momentos estuvo rodeado de su familia, su novia Julie Snider, su manager Bill Johnson y algunos miembros de su última banda. Devastated to learn he had passed, and at a young age of 53 too. ? As much as we all were into Aerosmith, The Cars and Boston were the Real Super Groups. He is most remembered for The Cars Co-lead vocalist and bass player.. His zodiac sign is Virgo. I haven’t thought about my Benjamin Orr crush for years but I heard All Mixed Up on the way home from taking my daughters to school this morning. American Musician Ben Orr was born Benjamin Orzechowski on 8th September, 1947 in Lakewood, Ohio, USA and passed away on 3rd Oct 2000 Atlanta, Georgia, USA aged 53. I loved his voice and never stopped listening. Benjamin Orzechowski, nome verdadeiro de Benjamin "Ben" Orr (Lakewood, 8 de setembro de 1947 - Atlanta, 3 de outubro de 2000) foi um cantor, compositor e músico estadunidense.Foi vocalista da banda de rock The Cars, que fez sucesso no final da década de 70 e, principalmente, na década de 80 Orr played in recent years with the Atlanta-based band Big People. He and his band mates became more realistic through the 80’s music videos. I realize this may be hard to believe, but Ben was front and center lead man, in addition to singing most of the songs. Rock Hall 2018: A quiet moment at Benjamin Orr's remote grave, a day before his induction (video, photos) Updated Jan 30, 2019; Posted Apr 13, 2018 Benjamin Orr grave I was in the Audio business in the 70’s in Boston and had a chance to work with the Cars and other Bands. I wouldn’t listen to the cars growing up till now I can’t believe such a perfect man existed. Ben Orr Jr., center, and his cousin, Joel Hansson, right, hang with the Cars, Ben’s late dad’s band, at the House of Blues. Ben Orr is truly missed I wish a ballad would be made of him just like Jayne Mansfield. Branded Content / Advertisements. Nov 9, 2015 - Benjamin probably in the late 1990s with bandmate and fiancee Julie Snider in background. Benjamin Orr (September 8, 1947 – October 3, 2000) was an American musician best known as a singer,bassist a Benjamin's son, Ben, makes the sportspage in his neck of the woods - also talks about veering towards music and about his late father... <3 Normally, I wouldn't feel comfortable to post personal things about his family... but this is in the news. Thirty Year Thursday – BENJAMIN ORR “THE LACE” [Welcome to Thirty Year Thursday, the weekly series on my favorite albums of 1986]. Enjoy! He was married to his second wife Judith Silverman for a few years in the 1990's. It was almost like the Beatles tearing open our perceptions of rock and roll a decade before. CITY HIKES: The Trinity River Audubon Center (& then the police showed up), How I Screwed Up The Easiest Chicken In The World…Twice, Ten Years as a Film Critic: My Top 10 Movies of the Decade, Golden Globes Predictions on “Good Morning Texas”. Diane Grey-Page. The cars tore open the late 70s music scene; NOTHING had sounded quite like that before! List Of Top Benjamin Orr Julie Snyder Tattoo Images. I too had forgotten about him and the Cars until the announcement of his passing. His death rocked me as if he were an old boyfriend or member of my family. !.from argentina .monica.. Help keep Benjamin Orr and Julie Snider profile up to date. I went into 9th, back then it was still part of junior high and shared my music and my love for Benjamin with my entire school and that was back in 1980. I didn’t know this was a PR thing until about 5 years ago and it still stung as if it were 1982 all over again. Benjamin Orr wasn’t my very first Rock ‘n’ Roll crush. JULIE FISK IS A MARRIED MOTHER OF TWO AND A HUGE FAN OF FAMILY, FOOD & FILM. And it is so sad that he wasn’t surrounded by his family but I guess Big People was his family. Huge loss to the industry. HOME TOP-10 DIRECTORY PROFILE 1+1 VS. SIX-DEGREES Benjamin Orr and Julie Personnality. I could never tire of that face or smile. I had no idea a man could be that pretty. When I first saw them it was at MSG for the Panorama tour, it was my first concert and it was 1980. En sus últimos momentos estuvo rodeado de su familia, su novia Julie Snider, su manager Bill Johnson y algunos miembros de su última banda. Tenía 53 años. He grew up in Cleveland, and dropped out of high school to pursue music full time in a local band, The Grasshoppers. Awww Raina, thank you so much for your sweet, emotional comment! I’m furious that such a wonderful person was taken away from us so soon. Help us build our profile of Benjamin Orr and Julie Snider! ~ Joe ... With Julie Snider in Pompano Beach, Florida, October, 1999. Required fields are marked *. They had a Rolling Stone cover, a Creem cover and some other articles but he wasn’t easily identifiable unless you were a Cars fan. I can’t believe how many lovestruck Ben Orr fans I’ve met! My friends and I had crushes on him too. His former bandmate and long-running friend Ocasek wrote about Orr in the song “Silver” released on Ocasek’s 2005 solo album, Nexterday. Benjamin Orr (1947-2000) was married to Kristina Klein, well before The Cars - they divorced in 1981. About. New biography reveals what drove Benjamin Orr of The Cars - Buzz More than 11 years after setting out to write the first biography of Benjamin Orr – enigmatic co-founder, co-lead singer and bassist for The Cars, Vermont-based music journalist Joe Millik Now a Benjamin-Orr-Crush isn’t really one you can share with your girlfriends while they’re putting up their C. Thomas Howell and Michael J. Seis días más tarde, en la noche del 3 de octubre del 2000 Benjamin Orr falleció en Atlanta (Georgia), víctima del propio cáncer que le afectaba. HENCE THIS WEBSITE. Birthplace: Lakewood, OH Location of death: Atlanta, GA Cause of death: Cancer - Pancreatic Remains: Crem. Artist: BENJAMIN ORR Album: THE LACE I already wrote about this album in my One And Done series but I couldn’t resist including it here among my favorite albums of 1986. Benjamin Orr and The Cars , page 192 By sweetpurplejune in In Other Words , Let's Go May 6, 2019 June 30, 2019 100 Words 28 Comments when i first saw him on midnight special i could not believe how gorgeous he was, so sweet looking but yet masculine face at the same time. He was 53. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I’ve always loved “Drive”, but never took much notice of the Cars as a band until now for some odd reason. Comments (0) Top Stories. Login Thanks for reaching out! If you haven’t in a while, pull up The Cars You Might Think video from 1984. Miss ya, Ben…you still rock my world, Your email address will not be published. Stay The Night is an absolute gem of a song, I can’t stop playing it! photos, I remember hearing of his passing in 2000 and of being genuinely sad. Since then, I’ve watched every video I could find, and filled up Spotify with Cars/Ben Orr songs. I still have that backstage pass. I remember hearing about it being incredibly sad, but even more so by the fact that people might not care since Ric Ocasek had become the face of The Cars. Relationship dating details of Benjamin Orr and Julie Personnality and all the other celebrities they've hooked up with. Dare I say I’m obsessed? From left, Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes and Ric Ocasek. About. Born Benjamin Orzechowski in Cleveland in 1947, ... Orr is survived by his fiancée, Julie Snider, and a 5-year-old son, Ben, from a previous marriage. American Musician Ben Orr was born Benjamin Orzechowski on 8th September, 1947 in Lakewood, Ohio, USA and passed away on 3rd Oct 2000 Atlanta, Georgia, USA aged 53. Playing at Music Midtown, Atlanta, May, 2000. and more from FamousFix.com. Such a shame he was taken from us so soon. Contribute. to add information, pictures and relationships, join in discussions and get credit for your contributions. See He completely dominated the set; Ocasek was almost like an afterthought. All Mixed Up and Bye Bye Loce have been long time favorites. Rip Benjamin you live forever in your music. His voice made me all mushy and wistful again, like the overly sentimental girl I was when I found him. I saw them everytime they came to NY after that which was only once per album tour. Yet they didn’t act above anyone. I may have looked like I was 16 to the world but to me I was hotter than hell and to be taken seriously. It was like a fireworks show. He died of pancreatic cancer in October of 2000. Help us build our profile of Benjamin Orr and Julie Snider! When I saw them in 1980 MSG was sold out, when I saw them again at MSG in 1987 for Door to Door the place was half empty and I knew something was terribly wrong. Orr was working as a … He is most remembered for The Cars Co-lead vocalist and bass player.. His zodiac sign is Virgo. I saw a clip online of the Cars at Live Aid recently and that was it. I was young, it was 1979 and for some reason I was unaware of the debut album yet, probably because I was still so into Zeppelin, The Who, Rolling Stones, Skynyrd, etc. Wonder what that must be like for him. Now I religiously watched You Tube videos of the Cars. Now in my mid-40s, I stumbled upon the “Stay The Night” video on YouTube about 3 weeks ago. Even then, everyone seemed focused on Ric Ocasek and his giraffe-like neck so I didn’t really SEE Benjamin Orr until The Cars Drive video. Sure enough they broke up shortly thereafter. He was unique. Amazing story. Follow @ShagTree. I pray he’s playing with all the great musicians who have gone before him and he’s loving it. Benjamin Orr 1400 Bank One Center 600 Superior Avenue Cleveland, OH 44114 . AKA Benjamin Orzechowski. I remember the Album “Candy-O” with the cover featuring him sucking on a cherry red lollipop, thinking…EWE!! What an unbelievably gorgeous man! And let’s not forget about all the other great Boston 70’s groups! -Julie, You didn’t have to be into The Cars to concede to Benjamin’s good looks but chances were you had to be a Cars fan to know who he was as they weren’t the most publicized band in the Paparazzi. It was all in effort to let the ladies he wasn’t interested in down easy. He must have had a satisfying life short though it was. With Liberty DeVitto at Itchycoo Park 99, August, 1999. everything that i read also about the kind of wonderful person he was from people who knew him, i wish i had too. He looked a lot like the handsome Dutch actor Rutger Hauer from the Hitcher and Wanted Dead or Alive movies. He is survived by his fiancee, Julie Snider , and a 5-year-old son, Ben, from a previous marriage. Judith Orr. Omg yes, Benjamin Orr was a beautiful and talented man!! Seriously, even prettier than Paulina Prizkova (who after a fresh viewing, was batshit crazy in that video. loved him so much then, love him now. I just hope that wherever he is, he is happy, and knows how dearly so many of us loved him, and love him still. Just fell completely in love with Benjamin Orr! Rest in Peace, Ben. Aww, thanks for sharing that Tracy! I’m grieving his loss all over again now. He was beautiful…. Ben Orr was in a relationship with Julie (2000).. Ben Orr had an encounter with Connie Hamzy.. About. Fox posters. Apparently, beautiful on the inside too, from what I’ve read. I know right. I loved the Cars and without realizing it for some time the songs he sang were always my favorites. Free (Virtual) Movie Passes to See “Chemical Hearts”, Julie Says So: What’s Streaming NOW (5/22), Julie Says So: What’s Streaming Now (5/15), JulieSaysSo -- Copyright 2016 -- Julie Fisk, A Greta Weiner Digital Website --- GretaWeiner.com. But he was every bit as breathtaking as I anticipated. Hey there, I too was saddened to hear of his loss. It was a shock and sad to hear about his battle with cancer. I saw the Cars years ago in Flagstaff, Az, must have been 1979. I Loved those guys and Ben in particular. He is still missed. Benjamin Orr was an American singer and bassist, who was one of the co-founders of the rock band ‘The Cars’. You are still missed. Gross….then became infatuated with the angelic voice….thinking he was from another country as if he had an accent in the way his words sounded when he sang…I started googling You-tube videos and realized how gorgeous this man has become behind the voice…I am hoping his son, follows in his father’s footsteps…. That was summer after 8th grade. The cause was pancreatic cancer, said Billy Johnson, who manages Big People, an Atlanta band for which Mr. Orr played bass. I think of sitting right in front of him and watching him as he sings to me and then that amazing smile as he asks me if i liked his song and me telling him, it was perfect, just like you. I’d like to think I was responsible for more people knowing who he was. It was the early 1980s and still the golden age of RADIO, so I didn’t know what my favorite musicians looked like until I saw them on “American Bandstand” or in my sister’s Teen Beat Magazine. He was married to his second wife Judith Silverman for a few years in the 1990's. Benjamin Orr, singer and bassist with new wave hitmakers the Cars, succumbed to cancer at his home in Atlanta on Tuesday night. I was There. There are lots of guys with sweet faces but not many that are the total package like he was. Benjamin Orr (1947-2000) was a bass guitar player and one of the lead vocalists for the New Wave band The Cars. He is most remembered for The Cars Co-lead vocalist and bass player.. His zodiac sign is Virgo. Benjamin Orr died in October of 2000, surrounded not by family but by members of his current band Big People. I was 6-years-old and I don’t know WHY I was at that concert, but I was transfixed by his flowing blonde locks. I see the newer posts on you-tube, so many loving his gorgeous face and beautiful voice, all wishing we could go back in time and experience him all over again. May he rest now in peace. I am about to delve into that in a few minutes. Benjamin Orr (1947-2000) was married to Kristina Klein, well before The Cars - they divorced in 1981. Here is the top Benjamin Orr Julie Snyder images we have. — Julie Snider-Mennie, Let’s Go! And how I transformed everyone away from traditional rock to this new wave type of music.

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