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However you feel about Smash Mouth's music, his death is a tragedy of self immolation.
Alcoholism is serious, folks. Do your best to talk to your drinking friends about it sooner than later.
Also, don't judge alcoholics, they often have very real pain they are drowning in. From what I understand Harwell lost a child to leukemia many years ago and has been in a downward spiral with alcohol since.
I don't judge him for his alcoholism, I judge him for being responsible for over 200 cases of covid.
...and also for seemingly throwing up nazi salutes at a show.
Mentally ill people don't deserve any kind of sympathy if they show behavior based on their illness I agree on that.
Dude was basically gone at that point and literally died three years later from a drug that destroyed his brain. I think it's appropriate to cut him some slack.
People are dead who would not have been had he not toured when he did.
Sure, his story is a sad one but he can fuck off.
He deserved his death, you're right.
Nobody deserves to die, friend.