Brad Arnold, lead singer of Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, dies at 47

Brad Arnold on stage in 2024 (Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP)

Brad Arnold, the lead singer of the Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, died on Saturday, months after he announced that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer. He was 47.

The band said in a statement that Arnold “passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, in his sleep after his courageous battle with cancer”.