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Lou Pearlman, the disgraced star-maker behind 1990s boy bands *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys, has died in prison, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The 62-year-old producer died Friday, according to the bureau's inmate data base.
Pearlman had been serving a 25-year sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana, Texas, for running Ponzi and bank schemes. He was convicted in 2008 of fraud and swindling investors out of more than $300 million.
Read more http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/21/entertainment/backstreet-boys-nsync-lou-pearlman-dies/index.html