Chad Gilbert, New Found Glory founding member and lead guitarist, dead at 45

Chad Gilbert, the founding member and lead guitarist for the punk rock band New Found Glory, has died. He was 45.

The band and the late musician's wife Lisa Cimorelli announced the news of Gilbert's death in a joint Instagram post Saturday. The post did not cite a cause of death, but Gilbert had battled adrenal cancer since 2021, and in February, underwent brain surgery after doctors found tumors.

"On the morning of September 20th, Chad Everett Gilbert passed away peacefully in his sleep," they wrote.