{"id":2154513,"date":"2026-09-20T19:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T16:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2154513"},"modified":"2026-09-20T19:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T16:12:00","slug":"new-found-glory-guitarist-chad-gilbert-dead-at-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2154513","title":{"rendered":"New Found Glory Guitarist Chad Gilbert Dead at 45"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b2\/16by9\/2026\/09\/20\/b25dd6126c414267a5ff667d89a07455_xl.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">New Found Glory Guitarist Chad Gilbert Dead at 45<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">New Found Glory<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Guitarist Chad Gilbert Dead at 45<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"media-swipe\">Breaking News<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-20T12:12:00-07:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sitemaps\/article\/202609\"><br \/>\n                September 20, 2026<br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n                            12:12 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-ffb0ad7d983cd5c422d10a99c836ff5f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"gallery-block\"><a id=\"gallery-link-d6ebf3e9-136c-445e-bf87-fcd3fd23f4df\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2026\/09\/20\/remembering-chad-gilbert\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:d6ebf3e9-136c-445e-bf87-fcd3fd23f4df\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:62a44a86-2bb7-4c06-86de-8aa1d4ab88e6\" data-gallery-layout=\"list\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b2\/4by3\/2026\/09\/20\/b25dd6126c414267a5ff667d89a07455_md.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Chad Gilbert\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-icon--overlay gallery-block__media-icon--overlay\"><span class=\"media-icon-label gallery-block__media-icon-label\">Launch Gallery<\/span><\/div>\n<footer class=\"media-footer gallery-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text gallery-block__media-launch-text\">Remembering Chad Gilbert<\/span><span class=\"media-cta gallery-block__media-cta\"><br \/>\n              Launch Gallery<br \/>\n              <\/span><\/footer>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit gallery-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-88c68e09bc8a4962ac04757bb4342669\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The lead guitarist and founding member of New Found Glory, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/chad-gilbert\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Chad Gilbert<\/strong><\/a>, has died &#8230; 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