{"id":2021412,"date":"2023-09-04T13:04:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T17:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/steve-harwell-dead-smash-mouth-frontman-dies-at-56-from-liver-failure\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T13:06:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T17:06:12","slug":"steve-harwell-dead-smash-mouth-frontman-dies-at-56-from-liver-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/steve-harwell-dead-smash-mouth-frontman-dies-at-56-from-liver-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Harwell, the lead singer of Smash Mouth, has passed away at the age of 56 due to liver failure."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsteve-harwell-dead-smash-mouth-frontman-dies-at-56-from-liver-failure%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2021412&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Smash \u200cMouth Lead Singer Steve Harwell Passes Away\u2063 at Age 56<\/h2>\n<p>It is with heavy \u200dhearts that we announce the passing of former Smash Mouth lead singer, Steve Harwell, at the age \u200cof 56. Harwell \u2062passed away at his home in\u200b Boise, Idaho, \u200bafter battling liver failure and being placed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-democrat-congressman-alcee-hastings-dies-at-84\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Democrat Congressman Alcee Hastings Dies At 84\">hospice care<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Harwell\u2062 had retired from the band in October 2021 due to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weak-candidates-threaten-gops-hopes-to-retake-senate-expert-says\/\" title=\"\u2018Weak\u2019 Candidates Threaten GOP\u2019s Hopes To Retake Senate, Expert Says\">health troubles<\/a>, which included Wernicke \u200dencephalopathy and cardiomyopathy. Despite these \u2064challenges, he remained dedicated to his music and his \u200dfans.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Harwell passed away this morning September 4,\u200d 2023 at his home in Boise Idaho. He was surrounded\u200c by family\u200b and friends and passed peacefully and comfortably,&#8221; the band&#8217;s manager, Robert Hayes, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hayes described Harwell as \u200ca &#8220;true American original&#8221; and &#8220;a larger than life character.&#8221; He emphasized Harwell&#8217;s unwavering \u2063focus and determination to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/steve-harwell-dead-smash-mouth-frontman-dies-at-56-from-liver-failure\/\" title=\"Steve Harwell, the lead singer of Smash Mouth, has passed away at the age of 56 due to liver failure.\">achieve pop stardom<\/a>, despite his limited musical experience.<\/p>\n<p>When Harwell \u2064retired from the band, he reflected on his childhood dream of becoming a rock star and performing in sold-out arenas. He considered himself fortunate to have lived out that dream.<\/p>\n<h3>Remembering\u2064 Smash \u2064Mouth&#8217;s Success<\/h3>\n<p>Smash Mouth had a string of top Billboard chart\u200b pop punk hits, including the iconic \u2063songs &#8220;Walkin&#8217; on the Sun&#8221; and &#8220;All Star.&#8221; \u200cThese songs captivated audiences and solidified the band&#8217;s\u200d place \u2062in music history.<\/p>\n<p>Steve \u2063Harwell&#8217;s talent and passion will \u2062be greatly missed, but his legacy as a rock star will live on.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The \u2062Washington\u200c Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell, 56, passed away at his Boise, Idaho residence due to liver failure. Placed in hospice care, Harwell had retired from the band in October 2021 due to health issues, including Wernicke encephalopathy and cardiomyopathy, a heart condition causing complications. His legacy in music will be remembered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2021413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2021412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}