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Don’t act like you don’t remember the song “Summer Girls” from 1999. I know, if you’re like me, everything since 9/11 has been a blur, but I’m gonna give you a freebie and post the video after the jump.

Well, in sad – ‘Only the good die young’ news, Rich Cronin, the guy who wrote that song and was in the band LFO, passed away yesterday after a long fight leukemia.

Cronin was 35.

Check out pictures of him, Jeff Timmons from 98 Degrees and Chris Kirkpatrick from NSYNC during the screening of some VH1 show back in 2007!

An unfortunate passing and our deepest condolences to his family.