{"id":63895,"date":"2020-04-02T02:26:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T02:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=63895"},"modified":"2020-04-02T02:26:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T02:26:59","slug":"fountains-wayne-frontman-adam-schlesinger-dies-coronavirus-complications-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=63895","title":{"rendered":"Fountains of Wayne frontman Adam Schlesinger dies from coronavirus complications at 52"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Schlesinger, the co-founder and frontman for the alternative-rock band Fountains of Wayne, has died from complications of COVID-19. He was 52.<\/p>\n<p>The musician was hospitalized more than a week ago in upstate New York after falling ill, according to his lawyer Jaime Herman. Just one day ago, his family released a statement to Yahoo Entertainment saying they were \u201ccautiously optimistic\u201d for his recovery.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThank you for the outpouring of love for Adam and his family. Adam has been hospitalized with COVID-19. He\u2019s on a ventilator and has been sedated to facilitate his recovery. He is receiving excellent care, his condition is improving and we are cautiously optimistic.\u00a0His family appreciates all of the love and support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Schlesinger\u2019s prognosis worsened. Another of his attorneys, Josh Grier,\u00a0told\u00a0Variety, which first reported the singer\u2019s death, that Schlesinger was \u201cvery sick and heavily sedated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Schlesinger became famous for Fountains of Wayne hits like MTV staple \u201cStacy\u2019s Mom,\u201d which he co-wrote with Chris Collingwood, and recorded five albums with the New York-based band, he was also a prolific composer for TV and film and a sought-after music producer.<\/p>\n<p>Schlesinger\u2019s songwriting earned him three Emmy Awards and a Grammy \u2014 as well as Academy Award, Golden Globe and Tony nominations.<\/p>\n<p>Schlesinger and Rachel Bloom\u00a0collaborated\u00a0on the music in her popular CW show\u00a0Crazy Ex-Girlfriend \u2014\u00a0for which he served as series composer. He won an Emmy, with Bloom and fellow lyricist Jack Dolgen, in September.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to that, he won two other Emmys for original music he made for the Tony Awards in 2013 and 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Schlesinger also wrote the music for Kathy Griffin\u2019s talk show, and the comedian paid tribute to him upon hearing the tragic news, as did other collaborators like Jimmy Kimmel and Fran Drescher.<\/p>\n\n<p>Schlesinger\u2019s Grammy win was in 2009 for Best Comedy Album for\u00a0A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!,\u00a0which he helped compose for Stephen Colbert \u2014 though he also received two nominations in 2003 for his work with Fountains of Wayne.<\/p>\n<p>Schlesinger also wrote the music for Tom Hanks\u2019s directorial debut, 1996\u2019s\u00a0That Thing You Do!,\u00a0for which the musician earned his Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for the title track. Hanks tweeted how \u201cterribly sad\u201d he was of the news and said his production company, Playtone, wouldn\u2019t exist were it not for Schelsinger\u2019s Beatlesque earworm:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Schlesinger, the co-founder and frontman for the alternative-rock band Fountains of Wayne, has died from complications of COVID-19. He was 52. The musician was hospitalized more than a week ago in upstate New York after falling ill, according to his lawyer Jaime Herman. 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