Chad Gilbert Has Died, And Geezer Butler On Lzzy Hale

New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert has died at the age of 45, following a cancer diagnosis in 2021. The band said he passed peacefully in his sleep on the morning of September 20, with his wife and mother beside him, and described his favourite accomplishment as being a husband and father. He founded New Found Glory at sixteen and made their first album with $300 he'd saved from a movie theatre job.

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