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Lyte Funkie Ones may not have reached the same level of fame as their fellow boy bands like 'NSYNC (who recently reunited at MTV's VMAs) and Backstreet Boys, but there was a time when their hit song Summer Girls was on every teenager's lips. When LFO, made up of Brad Fischetti, Rich Cronin and Devin Lima, filmed their sunny video for Summer Girls on the pier and beach of New York's Coney Island amusement park in 1999, they seemed to have it all, with their good looks and fit bodies.

The names Brad, Rich and Devin might not mean much. You may even struggle to remember that the threesome made up the 1990s US pop/hip hop boy band Lyte Funkie Ones, or LFO for short.

LFO is known for 1999's smash hit "Summer Girls," but over the years, the band has been plagued by loss. Today, Brad Fischetti is the last surviving member, and he spoke with Fox News Digital about what it was like to lose his bandmates and how his faith played a big role in working through the tragedies. Rich Cronin, the songwriter and rapper on "Summer Girls," passed away in 2010 after battling leukemia.

Just days after the death of yet another LFO member, former vocalist Brad Fischetti is breaking his silence on the “death curse” that continues to plague the band.

LFO, a popular 90s music group known for the smash hit "Summer Girls," has lost one of its founding members. Brian "Brizz" Gillis died on Wednesday at the age of 47. His cause of death is currently unknown.

One of the founding members of ’90s band LFO, Brian “Brizz” Gillis, has passed away at age 47.

One of the founding members of LFO has died.

LFO, has died.The news was announced by his former bandmate Brad Fischetti yesterday (March 30) on social media. Gillis was 47 years old and the cause of death has not been confirmed.“The first two chapters of the LFO story lost a main character yesterday,” Fischetti wrote in an Instagram post. “Brian ‘Brizz’ Gillis passed away.

Thania Garcia Brian “Brizz” Gillis, one of the founders of the ’90s boy band LFO, died Wednesday, sources close to the singer confirmed to Variety. He was 47. LFO member Brad Fischetti was the first official source to comment on the death in an Instagram tribute post. “Every story is made up of chapters. Some develop naturally. Some you have to cut up in your mind. The first two chapters of the LFO story lost a main character yesterday. Brian ‘Brizz’ Gillis passed away. I don’t have details and it wouldn’t be my place to share them if I did. I am really struggling to process this tragic loss. I’ve said it before and I will continue to say it; the LFO Story is a tragedy. If you know what I’ve been doing, you know I’m trying to bring light into the darkness. Trying find redemption in pain and suffering. Trying to honor the legacy.”

Leena Tailor Every night, after LFO’s Brad Fischetti walks off stage on the “Pop2000 Tour,” he weeps. The ecstatic cheers of fans are drowned out by the haunting absence of his late bandmates, Rich Cronin and Devin Lima, and as he watches O-Town share hugs and handshakes, he misses similar rituals with his own band.“I leave that stage and lose it — it’s like reliving losing them all over again,” Fischetti, 46, tells Variety.

Jennifer Love Hewitt became a household name in the ’90s, starring in dozens of TV shows and movies beginning in 1989. It’s no surprise that she quickly found love after landing in the spotlight.