Fountains Of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger Dies At 52 After Contracting COVID-19

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Adam Schlesinger, who enjoyed his greatest commercial success as a musician with Fountains of Wayne, has died of COVID-19. He was 52.

Schlesinger's career extended well beyond his work in bands. He had a hand in many of the songs that populated the critically beloved TV seriesand two, both with David Javerbaum, for co-writing songs performed in Tony Awards telecasts.

With Javerbaum, Schlesinger was nominated for two Tonys and won a Grammy forA versatile songwriter with a gift for straddling genres and musical eras, Schlesinger wrote frequently for film, with credits ranging from three songs in the romantic comedyTributes began appearing on Twitter as news of Schlesinger's death circulated.

 

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alanajoyy Sad. There have been a few musicians that have died from this.

He also had pancreatic cancer but I guess that doesn’t fit your narrative-

Didn’t he also have pancreatic cancer?

Damn it!!!!!!

FatChickinLA 😞

So, underappreciated... one of my favorites. An example of the band's work: RIP

Wow. Just wow

SlaynWilder :(

💔💔💔R.I.P. Adam

RIP. And its the Wuhan virus. How many people are going to die due to China's incompetence and corruption?

Nooooo ! Damn ... Rest In Peace. 💔😢🙏

So talented. Tragic loss.

He will most certainly be missed. A tidbit: Fountains of Wayne was named after a defunct store in Wayne, NJ - the town where I grew up.

😢😢😢😢

Ok now.... It's Personal.

milestones I didn't want to pass - another famous person I respected gone.

If you are in the Media or entertainment industry you are 10,000 times more likely to die from a Fake Virus then Us little people and you must do it for Scale

Yet another victim of Trump's failure to act sooner.

Such a tragedy wow

Wow. That's a gut punch.

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