Lou Pearlman, Creator Of *NSYNC and The Backstreet Boys, Dead At 62

Lou Pearlman, the music producer who created The Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, has died at the age of 62, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. 

A cause of death was not listed on the bureau’s website but, according to People, Pearlman died in prison on Friday from an undisclosed illness; he was serving a 25-year sentence.