The NYPD confirmed the news to EW.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
We appreciate the great outpouring of love, she also wrote.
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The band released seven studio albums, the most recent being 2011sMove Like This.
The Cars broke up in the late 1980s, before reuniting later in 2010-11.
Benjamin Orr, who cofounded The Cars, died in 2000.
Ocasek is survived by six sons, two from each of his three marriages.
He and Porizkova, his third wife and a former supermodel, announced their separation in 2018.
Our dad was a prolific doodler.
His passing was sudden, unexpected, and beyond heartbreaking, the message read.
Yesterday, we found this last doodle on his armchair.
He couldnt have known what it would end up meaning to us.
We love him so much.
