Ocasek met the supermodel Paulina Porizkova on the set for their 1984 video for "Drive." They got married in 1989 and had two boys. Ocasek has four other children from two previous marriages.
Orr died October 3, 2000 of pancreatic cancer. He vowed to continue playing music until he was dead. Honoring that vow practically to the day cancer took his life, Ben was on stage performing with his band Big People on September 27. He passed away at his Atlanta home six days later.
Orr had been in the Cleveland Sixties band The Grasshoppers. They opened for the Beach Boys and had their own fan club. They were even the house band for the TV show, Upbeat.
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