{"id":273153,"date":"2026-02-08T02:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T02:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/273153\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T02:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T02:07:07","slug":"3-doors-down-frontman-brad-arnold-dead-at-47-after-cancer-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/273153\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Doors Down frontman Brad Arnold dead at 47 after cancer diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"kNVbbmPsnUpLRHJLT\" style=\"display:none\">They urged fans to respect the privacy of his family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"kNVbbmPsnUpLRHJLT\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cHe will be deeply missed and forever remembered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"American rock band 3 Doors Down was formed in 1996 by Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts and Todd Harrell. Photo \/ Jeff Kravitz, FilmMagic Inc\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>American rock band 3 Doors Down was formed in 1996 by Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts and Todd Harrell. Photo \/ Jeff Kravitz, FilmMagic Inc<\/p>\n<p class=\"kNVbbmPsnUpLRHJLT\" style=\"display:none\">Arnold told fans he had been diagnosed with stage 4 clear cell renal carcinoma in May last year, a cancer that had metastasized into his lungs, NBC News reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"kNVbbmPsnUpLRHJLT\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe serve a mighty God, and he can overcome anything. So I have no fear. I really, sincerely am not scared of it at all\u201d, he wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"kNVbbmPsnUpLRHJLT\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI\u2019d love for you to lift me up in prayer every chance you get. It\u2019s time for me to go listen to Not My Time a little bit, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"kNVbbmPsnUpLRHJLT\" style=\"display:none\">The Mississippi-based band were founded in 1996 by Arnold, bassist Todd Harrell and guitarist Matt Roberts, who himself died in 2016, aged 38, according to NME.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Brad Arnold said he was &quot;proud&quot; of the band's performance at Trump's 2017 inauguration. Photo \/ Slaven Vlasic, Getty Images\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Brad Arnold said he was &#8220;proud&#8221; of the band&#8217;s performance at Trump&#8217;s 2017 inauguration. Photo \/ Slaven Vlasic, Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"kNVbbmPsnUpLRHJLT\" style=\"display:none\">Their Grammy-nominated single Kryptonite was written by Arnold when he was just 15 years old, sitting at No 1 on the Billboard modern rock charts for 11 weeks after its release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"kNVbbmPsnUpLRHJLT\" style=\"display:none\">The band controversially performed at Donald Trump\u2019s first presidential inauguration in 2017, an appearance Arnold described himself as \u201cproud\u201d of.<\/p>\n<p class=\"kNVbbmPsnUpLRHJLT\" style=\"display:none\">Angus Vail, 3 Doors Down\u2019s Kiwi manager, told Vice the band\u2019s members \u201care good Mississippi and Alabama boys\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"kNVbbmPsnUpLRHJLT\" style=\"display:none\">\u201c3 Doors have that God, guns and country black-and-white sort of viewpoint, and they spend a lot of time going to Iraq, doing service, playing for the troops. 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