Lou Pearlman, Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync Svengali, Dead at 62

Lou Pearlman, the Svengali-like manager behind Nineties boy bands like Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, O-Town and more, died Friday night behind bars while serving a 25-year prison sentence stemming from a $300 million Ponzi scheme. He was 62.

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