Chad Gilbert, guitarist and co-founder of the pop-punk band New Found Glory, died Sunday at 45, his wife, Lisa, and the band said in a joint statement. The statement, reported by Consequence, said he "passed away peacefully in his sleep" on the morning of Sept. 20 with his wife and mother at his side. The family did not release a cause of death, and this article does not speculate about one.
Gilbert had spoken publicly about cancer since 2021. In April 2026, he said his diagnosis had been revised from metastatic pheochromocytoma to stage 4 adrenocortical carcinoma, a rare and aggressive cancer of the adrenal gland. His updates introduced many fans to a cancer few people have heard of, one that is often diagnosed at an advanced stage and can be hard to tell apart from other adrenal tumors.
