Musician Adam Schlesinger, a co-founder of the group Fountains of Wayne and an Emmy winner for his contributions to TV’s “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” has died as a result of coronavirus complications, Variety reported Thursday.
He was 52.
Fountains of Wayne member Adam Schlesinger, who’s best known for 2003 pop-rock hit “Stacy’s Mom,” has been hospitalized with coronavirus.
Schlesinger, 52, had entered a New York hospital last week. His family revealed the COVID-19 diagnosis on Tuesday.
Throughout a career of more than two decades, Schlesinger has left his mark on music, movies, TV and Broadway. He was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for writing the title song of Tom Hanks’ 1996 comedy “That Thing You Do.”
As a founding member of power-pop band Fountains of Wayne, he was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2003 for best new artist and best pop duo/group performance for “Stacy’s Mom,” which peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The band released five studio albums after forming in 1995, most recently 2011’s “Sky Full of Holes.”
On TV, Schlesinger won two Emmys for parody songs written for the 2012 and 2013 Tony Awards telecasts, and won another last year for co-writing “Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal” from Rachel Bloom’s CW series “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.” His other television and film credits include “Sesame Street,” “A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!” “Music and Lyrics” and “Shallow Hal.”
Contributing: USA Today
