Raspberries Lead Singer Eric Carmen Dead at 74

Eric Carmen — well-known for being the frontman of the Raspberries, and for a number of solo hits via the ’70s and ’80s, together with “All By Myself” — has died … this in line with his household.

The unhappy information was posted to the singer’s personal web site, with a message posted from none aside from his spouse, Amy. It reads, “It is with tremendous sadness that we share the heartbreaking news of the passing of Eric Carmen.”

It goes on … “Our sweet, loving and talented Eric passed away in his sleep, over the weekend. It brought him great joy to know, that for decades, his music touched so many and will be his lasting legacy.”

Amy provides, “Please respect the family’s privacy as we mourn our enormous loss.” No additional particulars have been shared concerning the circumstances of his loss of life … Eric had no recognized or reported illnesses of late.

Clearly, it is an enormous blow to the music business — as Eric was a staple in popular culture within the late twentieth century. Not solely was his hit ‘ABM’ an enormous success … however he went on to churn out a number of others nicely into the following decade … together with ‘By no means Gonna Fall in Love Once more,’ She Did It,’ ”Hungry Eyes’ (from the ‘Soiled Dancing’ soundtrack), and ‘Make Me Lose Management.’

Different nice songs of his included … ‘Go All of the Method,’ ‘Love Is All That Issues,’ ‘I am By means of With Love,’ ‘It Hurts Too A lot,’ ‘The Method We Used to Be,’ ‘I Wanna Hear It From Your Lips’ … and lots of, many extra.

Along with 4 albums he put out because the lead singer of the Raspberries, Eric launched 6 studio albums solo … and he went on to turn into a phenomenon within the music biz. He is survived by his spouse and two youngsters. Eric was 74.