# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ric-ocasek
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:14:06.136Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ric-ocasek"
name: "Ric Ocasek"
slug: "ric-ocasek"
description: "Richard Theodore Otcasek, known as Ric Ocasek, was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was the primary lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and frontman for the American new wave band the Cars. In addition to his work with the Cars, Ocasek recorded seven solo studio albums. Ocasek's 1986 single, \"Emotion in Motion\", was a top 20 hit in the United States."
tagline: "American musician (1944–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ric-Ocasek.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1944-03-23"
deathDate: "2019-09-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           25.38572
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  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 34900
platforms:
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    handle:    "ricocasek"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Ric Ocasek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ric Ocasek"
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    title: "Ric Ocasek"
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    title: "Ric Ocasek"
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    title: "Ric Ocasek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Окасек, Рик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Рик Окасек"
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    title: "Ric Ocasek"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump