Taylor Hawkins, the drummer for the foofighters, has died, the band announced Friday evening. He was 50.
"The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins. His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever. Our hearts go out to his wife, children and family, and we ask that their privacy be treated with the utmost respect with this unimaginably difficult time," the band said in a message posted to Twitter.— Foo Fighters March 26, 2022 The band was set to perform in South America on Friday for a festival.
Details about Hawkins's death were not shared by the band, but Colombian newspaper El Espectador reported that he was found dead in a hotel room in Colombia's capital city of Bogota. Rest In Peace Taylor Hawkins. A true Rock legend. pic.twitter.com/pMljeGUSihA beautiful man that brought joy to so many. pic.twitter.com/qWhgrz6h9HThis was from the @foofighters surprise show at HOB in Cleveland last year. Very thankful I got to be there for this ❤️ pic.twitter.
— Kelly Dobeck ⛈ March 26, 2022 Hawkins was born in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1972 and raised in Laguna Beach, California. He got into music and eventually joined the Foo Fighters, replacing drummer William Goldsmith, who left the band in 1997. Foo Fighters frontman David Grohl previously lost a bandmate when Kurt Cobain died by suicide in 1994 at a time when they were part of Nirvana.
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