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In the 30 years since the Milli Vanilli scandal, the music industry has changed its tune (no pun intended) on lip-syncing. But that gradual acceptance came far too late for the men of Milli Vanilli. Rob Pilatus, according to Entertainment Weekly, spent the following decade struggling with failure, as well as experiencing substance abuse and brushes with the law. He died in 1998 of a drug overdose. "Rob Pilatus didn't deal well with humiliation — being punched every day in the public eye levels marks," Fab Morvan explained on "Oprah: Where Are They Now?" in 2013.

Morvan has done slightly better, according to his website. He's spent the ensuing decades in the music industry, doing lower-profile projects, as well as public speaking engagements. Of course, he still had his difficulties. "The years after the scandal broke, it was a difficult time, because I was trying to rehabilitate myself to civilian life," he said on "Oprah. "I stayed in for years. I only went out to eat."

 Frank Farian's involvement in the Milli Vanilli controversy effectively came and went with no real damage to his career. He continued to produce popular bands well into the late 1990s, according to Swiss Charts. Meanwhile, the "crime" that cost Milli Vanilli their careers — lip-syncing — is just an accepted part of the music industry these days. It happens at major, live awards shows; it happens at the Super Bowl; it sometimes happens in concert. According to Saving Country Music, it's kind of an open secret, and while not all fans, critics, and even other musicians are on board with it, it is no longer the career destroyer that it once was.

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