The Cars--Benjamin Orr's Grave

Visiting the final reating place of Benjamin Orzechowski who was the bassist and co-singer from the new wakve rock band the cars.

he sadly died of pancreatic canceron October 3rd 2000 in Atlanta at the age of 53

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[jayrum]

The Cars have "a couple of songs on the radio". That is a gross understatement.

[debkski]

Lamont, Ben's buried next to his half-brother and wife. Those are NOT his parents. Thanks for stopping by Benjamin Orr's grave. He was a terrific bass player and lead singer...and very easy on the eyes! 😎 🎸

[brendakrieger]

I remember when he passed away from pancreatic cancer💔 They played his solo song Stay the Night on the radio. I named my son Benjamin in his honor. I loved listening to him and The Cars with my parents. RIP🎸🎶

[pattii]

Ben is not buried next to his parents as you mentioned, that is Ben’s older half-brother & wife in the adjacent graves. I visited last year on our way home a day after my husband’s band played for New Waterford OH Beer & Wine Festival. We left one of his guitar picks. Glad you showed that unique Sofa with Pillow & TV Remote gravestone, I thought it was great. A very quiet small cemetery in the middle of nowhere.

[MulberryPress-lm]

He was a humble guy who loved to entertain others. His grave is so simple, which tells how he never let his
fame to go to his head. His mother was very religious and wanted to see that Benjamin got to Heaven. I'm
sure her efforts were not in vain.

[David-ywlv]

RIP Benjamin Orr and thank you for sensational music you produced.

[night]

The Cars were amazing, very talented. They made it look so easy.

[nehsangbong]

RIP to Benjamin and Ocasek. Two of the leads of The Cars 🙏🏽

[DeanUSAman]

I'm now 53... and a musician... grew up listening to The Cars... still enjoy their music even more than as a younger me... having seen Ben Orr's grave before in pictures and noticing the Christian cross on it, I do hope that he trusted Jesus of Nazareth as Savior and Messiah... he had God given talent and what a beautiful voice...

[Jk-xstw]

I live close to this cemetery and have visited his grave. It was touching to see all of the tributes left by his fans.

[douchebagdarrell]

The Cars were huge. I really admired him for playing complicated bass lines with an excellent voice.

[alexdeleon]

Thank you for this reckoning of Ben Orr. My favorite Cars song with his vocal is "Let's Go." I can listen to that song no matter how much time passes. He is deserving of this respectful tribute. Thank you very much for posting.

[PrayerWarrior]

I loved him so much he sang so great, I was so sad that he died from cancer. They were one of my favourite bands next to Def Leppard.

[youaskedtarot]

Best singer of The Cars and would have been the best writer if Rick had ever let him write for the band.

[Orange_Storm]

A close friend of mine died of stage 4 pancreatic cancer that he never knew he had, it was just before xmas he said to me he didnt feel well at all so i asked him to call doctors by 4am ish the next morning he was in hospital and told he didnt have long to live, i got to see him once he died 4 months later. I miss chatting with him, that was really hard on me losing him that quick 😞

[farmersteve]

We were at a 3 day outdoor festival where he played solo and also with “Big People” … after his killer set he climbed down off the stage into the crowd and hung out and stayed with us there and watched the next bands who played . I had never seen anybody do that before . What a nice guy ! RIP Ben 🎸❤️😇

[MsPaula]

Gone way too soon. Love Benjamin, never will forget such an amazing talent. ❤

[KevinKimmich]

I live about 20 minutes away from Thompson. The fact that Benjamin Orr is buried there is not widely known in the area. I just happened to browse google maps in that area and saw the gravestone somebody posted. The Cars were huge in the 80s when I was in middle and high school. Thanks for posting the video. I'll drive over there sometime and see the place for myself.

[cynthiashumock]

I cried when I found out that he died just literally pour my heart out he was so damn good looking I love all of his music I am a die hard fan of the cars rest in peace we are going to love and miss you

[CMFL]

There are not many guys in rock music with a better voice than Ben had. Hell, in any genre for that matter. He could gravel it up but when he wanted to just sing clean it was perfection. Multi-instrumentalist as well. Very sad that he went so young, the last interview he did with The Cars shows just how ravaged his body was - hardly recognizable :(