Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins Dead At 50

LOS ANGELES, CA. (THECOUNT) — Drummer Taylor Hawkins has died at the age of 50.

The Foo Fighters confirmed Hawkins’s passing in an evening statement Friday, March 25.

“The FOO FIGHTERS family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins,” read the message. “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 in this unimaginably difficult time.”

Foo Fighters were on tour in South America at the time of Hawkins’s death and were preparing to perform in Bogota, Colombia on Friday. That show has since been canceled, reports blabbermouth.

Taylor’s cause of death has not been revealed.

Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Hawkins joined Foo Fighters in 1997. Prior to that, he played with the Orange County band SYLVIA and was also in the backing band for Sass Jordan. He also toured with Alanis Morissette as her drummer.

Hawkins was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame last year as a member of the Foo Fighters.

Hawkins’s most recent work with Foo Fighters included last year’s “Medicine At Midnight” album, a collection of Bee Gees covers and Foo Fighters’ horror film “Studio 666”.

Hawkins’s solo project TAYLOR HAWKINS AND THE COATTAIL RIDERS released its first album in 2006, and a follow-up effort, “Get The Money”, in 2019.

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