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The musician had been placed in hospice care in the days leading up to his death.Former Smash Mouth singer Steve Harwell has died, a representative for the band confirms to Billboard. Harwell, who performed as lead vocalist for the California pop-rock act until announcing his retirement from the group in 2021, passed away Monday (Sept. 4) at his home in Boise, Idaho, after being in hospice care. He was 56. “Steve Harwell passed away this morning September 4, 2023 at his home in Boise Idaho. He was surrounded by family and friends and passed peacefully and comfortably,” reads a statement...

Steve Harwell, best known for being the singer of the band Smash Mouth, has ‘just days to live’. The troubled star’s family has gathered by his bedside to say goodbye shortly after he was moved from a hospital to a hospice. The 56-year-old is in his ‘final days’ after a battle with liver failure. Steve’s reps told Metro.co.uk in a statement: ‘We hope that people respect Steve and his family’s privacy during this difficult time. Steve is resting at home at being cared for by his fiancé and hospice care.’

He is literally hated by his peers, considered crude, boorish and untalented. But despite having had some failed businesses he continued to work his butt off, kept his nose to the grindstone and somehow managed to survive. Well, not just survive, thrive. Somehow this unsophisticated rube managed to write several books while also building an eponymous international business empire that employs thousands of people. He’s successful beyond most people’s wildest dreams, and still, he’s ridiculed endlessly by the elites.  No, not Donald Trump, Guy Fieri, the Donald Trump of Flavortown: I'm aware he's the subject of a fair amount...