Rich Cronin died. Best know from the 1990 boy band LFO , with the 1999 hit “Summer Girls,” died Wednesday Sept. 8)

TMZ reports that the could not win his combat against cancer and was dead after having a stroke. Cronin was diagnosed with myelogenous leukemia in 2005.
His brother said Rich Cronin from the 90s boyband LFO suffered a stroke while battling with leukemia.

His friends reactions to the news of his death were posted on Facebook and Twitter today. Chris Kirkpatrick of NSYNC wrote on his Facebook, “Rip to a great friend rich c.”
Cronin briefly bounced back from his health and professional issues as a castmember of the 2007 VH1 reality show “Mission: Man Band,” which featured former boy-band stars Chris Kirkpatrick from ‘NSYNC, Color Me Badd’s Bryan Abrams and 98 Degrees’ Jeff Timmons. The show, helmed by Grammy-winning producer Bryan-Michael Cox, followed the stars’ attempt to get back in the limelight as the boy-band supergroup Sureshot.

Cronin later released his first solo album, Billion Dollar Sound, in 2008, and LFO announced a reunion and tour in June 2009 before disbanding later the same year.

In January, Cronin appeared to be back doing what he loved and tweeted about working on new music.

“Hey guys I’m just in Boston writing in the studio,” he wrote. “Hoping to make it all work!”