Smash Mouth singer Steve Harwell dies at 56, best known for mega hit 'All Star'

Smash Mouth, with singer Steve Harwell, performs at the after-party for ‘Dr. Seuss' Cat In The Hat’ at the Universal Studios Cinema on Nov 8, 2003 in Los Angeles, California. Steve Harwell, a founding member and former leader of the US rock band Smash Mouth, known for its hit songs ‘All Star’, died Sept 4, 2023 at age 56, his agent said. Photo: AFP

Steve Harwell, the longtime frontman of the Grammy-nominated pop rock band Smash Mouth that was behind the megahit All Star has died. He was 56.

The band’s manager, Robert Hayes, said Harwell "passed peacefully and comfortably” Monday morning surrounded by family and friends at his home in Boise, Idaho. The cause of death was acute liver failure, Hayes said in a statement.