April 02, 2020

Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne dies from coronavirus at age 52

Adam Schlesinger, the co-founder and songwriter of alter-rock band Fountains of Wayne, has died from complications of COVID-19, at age 52, Rolling Stone reports. He left plenty of work behind: six Fountains of Wayne albums, five Ivy albums, one Tinted Windows album, 157 songs for the TV series 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend', one Broadway musical, one off-Broadway musical, one unforgettable hit song for a fake '60s rock band in a Tom Hanks movie, and plenty more. The Stone selected 20 essential FoW songs, and, similarly, Billboard selected 17 best 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' songs.