Justin Timberlake and others react to death of disgraced boy band manager Lou Pearlman

Even if you obsessed about boy bands when you were a kid, you probably didn't know much about the man who orchestrated them.

Lou Pearlman, the mastermind behind bands like *NSYNC, The Backstreet Boys and O-Town, died on Friday, August 19, at age 62, while serving a 25-year prison sentence for running a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme. The cause of his death has not been disclosed. 

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Pearlman was convicted of fraud in 2008. According to Rolling Stone, Pearlman had stolen over $300 million from investors in his scheme.

While Pearlman's legacy ended with a scandal, his career also brought happiness to thousands, if not millions, of teens in the late '90s and early 2000s, while also launching the careers of several famous musicians. Read more...

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