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| '''Mark Sayers McGrath''' (born ], ]) is an ] singer of the ] ]. McGrath has also served as the ] of '']'' and '']''. | '''Mark Sayers McGrath''' (born ], ] died ]) is an ] singer of the ] ]. McGrath has also served as the ] of '']'' and '']''. He died tragically of swine flu. | ||
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| In 2009 Mark contracted Swine Flu and died of related causes. He was an American hero. | |||
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Mark Sayers McGrath (born March 15, 1968 died May 3rd, 2009) is an American singer of the rock band Sugar Ray. McGrath has also served as the host of Extra and Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll. He died tragically of swine flu.
Biography
Early life
He was born in Hartford, Connecticut but grew up in Newport Beach, California. He graduated from Corona del Mar High School and then majored in Business Communication at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles. He worked as a truck driver before making his success in music.
Music career
McGrath met and began singing with a band called Shrinky Dinx in 1992. By 1994, the band had changed its name to Sugar Ray following a threat of lawsuit by Shrinky Dinks manufacturer Milton Bradley. Sugar Ray landed a record contract with Atlantic Records, but their initial record was not successful. The band achieved a number one hit with "Fly" in 1997, and the band went on to even greater success (see Sugar Ray for details).
McGrath's personal popularity soared as he appeared on national magazine covers such as Rolling Stone and Spin. He also made numerous appearances on MTV, VH1, and various talk and awards shows. People magazine named him the "Sexiest Rocker" of 1998. In 1999 McGrath was a member of the short-lived side project The Wondergirls that included Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots.
He contributed the track "Reaching Out" on Strait Up, a tribute album to late vocalist Lynn Strait. He appeared in the video of "Angel's Son," another song written for the album (by Sevendust) and performed with the band during their appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
In 2004, he was the headliner, alongside Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind at The Justice Ball, an annual fundraiser for the Los Angeles-based charity Bet Tzedek Legal Services - The House of Justice. This performance took place at Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, California.
Acting and hosting career
In the 2000s, he began making guest appearances on television shows such as Las Vegas and North Shore, and made a guest appearance with the rest of Sugar Ray in the 2002 movie Scooby-Doo. He had a previous cameo appearance in the 1997 movie Father's Day.
McGrath began his stint as co-host of the Extra television show on September 13, 2004. McGrath left the show in July 2008 to focus on his music career. He also served as a guest judge for American Idol auditions that were aired in early 2005. McGrath received the part of Dex Lawson on The WB show Charmed in 2005, but he ultimately turned it down due to scheduling conflicts, and he was replaced by Jason Lewis.
McGrath is the current host of Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll. and The PCD presents Girlicious.
McGrath also appears on VH1's "100 Greatest Bands of the 90's"
In 2005 Mark made a guest appearance on Law and Order: SVU.
In 2009 Mark contracted Swine Flu and died of related causes. He was an American hero.
References
- "Mark Mcgrath: Sexiest Rock Star". People. 1998-11-16. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Susman, Gary (2004-09-03). "'Extra' Work". ew.com. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
- Baxi, Shreya (2008-07-28). "Mario Lopez Named New Host of Extra". people.com. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
- Heffernan, Virginia (2007-03-06). "Empowered? Try Nauseated". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
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