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Brad Arnold, the lead singer and founding member of the American rock band 3 Doors Down, has died after being diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer. He was 47.
A representative for Arnold said he died peacefully in his sleep Saturday, surrounded by his wife and family.
Arnold led the Mississippi-based rock band since 1996. He wrote their breakout 2000 hit “Kryptonite,” which has more than 1.2 billion plays on Spotify, while still in high school.
The singer shared his cancer diagnosis on the band’s Instagram in May last year.
He said: “I’d been sick a couple of weeks ago and went to the hospital and got checked out. I actually got the diagnosis that I have a clear cell renal carcinoma that has metastasized into my lung… and that’s stage four, and that’s not real good.”
Clear cell renal carcinoma is the most common type of kidney cancer. Stage 4 cancer, also known as metastatic cancer, refers to cancer that has spread from its original location to other parts of the body.
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