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Louis Jay Pearlman is born in Flushing, Queens, New York State, USA. Under the name Lou Pearlman he will find success as a music business impresario, handling two successful 1990s boy bands, The Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC. He will fall from grace in 2006 when it is learned that he has been running a crooked investments scheme and, two years later, he will be sentenced to up to 25 years in jail.
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