FireHouse lead singer CJ Snare dead at 64 after hard rock band founder suffers sudden heart attack as tributes paid [Video]

THE lead singer of the rock band Firehouse, CJ Snare, has died.

The musician‘s daughter Heather announced that her father died on Thursday afternoon.

The lead singer of rock band Firehouse, CJ Snare, died on ThursdayCredit: Instagram/ CJ Snare

The musician helped form the band and was part of it for almost 40 yearsCredit: Instagram/ CJ Snare

Snare, 64, had a long battle with stage 4 colon cancer and ultimately died from a heart attack, according to TMZ.

He had helped form the hard rock band in 1987 after his previous band, Maxx Warrior, broke up.

Snare was with the band for almost 40 years until his death.

C.J. played keyboards and sang on all seven of the group’s albums.

Their self-titles debut album went double platinum in the United States and gold in Canada, Japan, and Singapore.

The band’s third single, Love of a Lifetime, topped the charts at Number 3, selling over …