William Cary Zucker (October 7, 1955 – September 19, 2016) was an American actor, comedian, writer, performer and musician. Early life William (Bill) Carey Zucker was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. From the age of nine, he began performing piano recitals in public, and soon started to score his own compositions. By age eleven, he had formed a garage band called "The Divided Line," in which he played the drums. He would jam regularly with the band until the age of fifteen, when he picked up his first guitar and wrote a song called "Show Me," about a break-up with his childhood sweetheart. Throughout high school Zucker would write guitar compositions. After high school, Zucker was accepted into the Berklee College of Music. After graduating from Berklee, he moved to Seattle for 3 years, so that he could attend Western Washington University. While there, he hosted his own campus radio show. After graduating Zucker became the front man for a country-rock band called "Colraine" and toured across America. Once the tour was over, he moved to Hollywood California. Career In Hollywood, Zucker teamed up with musician friend Ron Fair to write songs for Paramount Music. Zucker then began working at NBC Studios as a production staff member for The Steve Allen Comedy Hour, a premier late night TV show. He then joined the writing team at the Barbara Mandrell Show. Next Zucker formed the touring band "Cruise Control" that later evolved into "BZB" (The Bill Zucker Band). The BZB featured Zucker on lead vocals and he would alternate between playing the guitar, drums, harmonica, fiddle and keyboard/synthesizer. Zucker wrote over 300 original songs for the "BZB.” 2000–2009 In early 2000 Zucker moved to Philadelphia to record a 12-song CD entitled Millennium. The music distributor that Zucker had thought would release Millennium though, did not follow up with him . As a result, Millennium was not internationally distributed. Zucker then moved to Miami Florida, and released the album independently. Zucker went on to record two albums, Stranded and Every Window, that he also independently released through his website. While in Florida Zucker opened and ran several small businesses. Including a limousine rental company, and a nightclub in Miami called Z Street. Zucker regularly performed at Z Street. Satirical Works Zucker was severely affected by the 2008 Financial Crisis. After having invested heavily in the stock market, and real estate. The crash, and