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Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell has died aged 56.
The rock star died on Monday morning, surrounded by his friends and family at his home in Boise Idaho, his agent confirmed to Sky News.
Smash Mouth accept Alternative Artist of the Year at the WB Radio Music Awards in 1999
Harwell had recently been receiving hospice care for liver failure and had also suffered from heart and neurological conditions in recent years.
His manager Robert Hayes told Sky News the singer was “a true American Original,” calling him: “A larger than life character who shot up into the sky like a Roman candle”.
Harwell stepped back from his Smash Mouth role in 2021, with the band continuing to tour with vocalist Zach Goode in his place.
The band had hits across the late 90s and early 2000s, with their songs All Star and their cover of The Monkees I’m A Believer bookending the 2001 DreamWorks movie Shrek, and bringing them to a whole new audience.
