R.I.P. Members of 3 Doors Down and Cake
3 Doors Down singer Brad Arnold died Saturday after a battle with stage 4 kidney cancer. He was only 47 years old.
The band says Brad died in his sleep, surrounded by his wife and other family members. He didn't have any children.
They added, quote, Brad helped redefine mainstream rock music, blending post-grunge accessibility with emotionally direct songwriting and lyrical themes that resonated with everyday listeners."
They added that Brad wrote the hit song "Kryptonite" in his math class when he was 15.
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Greg Brown, the founding guitarist of Cake, also passed away, after what his former band called a "brief illness."
The band called Brown an "integral part of Cake's early sound and development." He wrote their breakout hit, "The Distance".
Brown left Cake after their third album to form the band deathray, who released their debut album in 2000. But he reunited with them to lay down a guitar track on a 2011 song called "Bound Away".
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In other music-related deaths . . .
Fred Smith, bassist for the band Television, died last week after a "long and hard battle with an unspecified illness.
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And Lil Jon's 27-year-old son, Nathan Smith, was found dead in a pond near his home in Georgia. He'd been missing since last Tuesday.
Jon said, quote, "I am extremely heartbroken for the tragic loss of our son . . . he was the kindest human being you would ever meet."
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Will the Eagles Call it Quits in 2026
The Eagles seem like one of those bands that'll just never stop touring. Or at least they did. But now Don Henley is predicting the band's DEATH in 2026.
He said, quote, "I would like to spend more time with my family, and I would like to spend more time growing vegetables."
Henley has four kids and a grandchild he'd like to see more of.
He'd also like to travel more. Like where you actually get to enjoy the places you travel to. Quote, "We see the airports and the hotel room and the venue, and we don't get out much.
"I'd like to go back to the places I've been and see more of those places before it all disappears."
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