during the eBay auction. Cronin claim In a 2009 interview with Howard Stern, Rich Cronin, the former lead singer of the LFO band, said that he had only received a fraction of the money owed to him from record sales. Cronin claimed that Pearlman had "wanted to bang everyone" and had attempted to seduce him multiple times. (Cronin was of age.) Fellow LFO band member Brad Fischetti, however, continued to refer to Pearlman as a friend, expressed sadness at the news of his arrest, imprisonment, and death. Nick Carter, when asked if the claim was true, suggested that bitterness might be a motivating factor for the claim. In an interview conducted by the Orlando Sentinel, former NSYNC member Lance Bass, when asked about the claim, stated that Pearlman had never behaved inappropriately with them. Death In 2008, Pearlman began his prison sentence with a projected release date of March 24, 2029. However, he suffered a stroke in 2010 while incarcerated. He was diagnosed with an infection of a heart valve. Pearlman had surgery to replace a heart valve a few weeks before his death. The prison took him to a hospital where he was scheduled for another surgery. Pearlman ultimately died while still in custody at the Federal Correctional Institution in Miami, Florida, on August 19, 2016, from cardiac arrest. He was buried ten days later on August 29, 2016, in the family burial area. He was 62 years old. Documentaries Pearlman was featured in the third season of American Greed in the episode called "Boy Band Mogul" in 2009. The documentary The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story premiered at SXSW on March 13, 2019. It was released on YouTube Premium in April 2019. On December 13, 2019, Pearlman was the subject of an episode of ABC's 20/20 titled "The Hitman: From Pop to Prison". See also Edgardo Diaz References Further reading Cited as Henderson 2006. Cited as Pearlman 2002. External links Lou Pearlman case Page Six Story on Pearlman Interview, HitQuarters Jul 2005 The CNBC program American Greed,'' narrated by Stacy Keach Jr., describes, in episode #18 titled "Lou Pearlman: Boy Band Bandit", the massive fraud and Ponzi scheme, victim outrage at the federal offer to reduce Pearlman's sentence, and his proposed "Jailhouse Rock" (gag) reality series, and it also discusses the issue of sex with underage boys. Bryan Burrough, interviewed for the episode, noted of this