{"id":7979,"date":"2023-09-04T20:59:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T01:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicassent.com\/?p=7979"},"modified":"2024-03-22T08:39:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:39:07","slug":"smash-mouth-frontman-steve-harwell-dead-at-56-due-to-liver-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicassent.com\/smash-mouth-frontman-steve-harwell-dead-at-56-due-to-liver-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Smash Mouth Frontman, Steve Harwell Sadly Passes Away at 56"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Steve Harwell<\/strong>, Former Smashmouth Lead Singer has passed away at the age of 56 due to Liver failure. The singer was placed in hospice recently at his home in Boise, Idaho. This was confirmed by his long-time manager, Robert Hayes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\"Shop<\/a>\n\n\n\n

Harwell took the passing of his son, Presley in 2001 really hard, as any parent would<\/em>. His son died from acute lymphocytic leukemia at only six months of age. Followed by his son’s death, was a divorce from his former wife, Michelle Laroque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Harwell<\/strong> had struggled with alcoholism over the years, after his son Presley’s passing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The singer was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and Wernicke encephalopathy back in 2013. Which would eventually cause him to have heart failure, which then affected his motor functions (speech and memory)<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The band’s manager, Robert Hayes, said in tribute, “Steve lived a 100% full-throttle life. Burning brightly across the universe before burning out”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Steve Harwell <\/strong>founded Smashmouth back in 1994 in San Jose, California with Greg Camp(guitarist), Kevin Coleman(drummer), and the bassist, Paul De Lisle. He retired in 2021 due to health issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The band Smash Mouth in 1999. From left, the guitarist Greg Camp, the drummer Kevin Coleman, Mr. Harwell, and the bassist Paul De Lisle.Credit…Bob Berg\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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