Earlier than Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins died, he allegedly suffered chest ache.
Hawkins was on tour together with his Grammy-nominated band in Bogotá, Colombia, on the time of his dying. Town’s District Secretary of Well being has since launched a press release surrounding the circumstances.
Per a translation of the assertion, which was launched through the division’s verified Twitter account on Saturday, March 26, the native emergency heart acquired a report a few affected person — who was staying in a lodge — that had ache in his chest. An ambulance was then dispatched to the scene the place Hawkins was discovered unresponsive. A medical skilled tried to resuscitate the drummer to no avail. The affected person was declared useless on the scene shortly after. Per protocol, the town then launched an investigation to find out the reason for dying, which has but to be confirmed.
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins discovered useless in Bogota on March 26, 2022. Carlos Ortega/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
The “Everlong” performers — which additionally consists of band members Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, Nate Mendel, Rami Jaffee and Franz Stahl — confirmed Hawkins’ dying in a social media assertion on Friday evening.
“The Foo Fighters household is devastated by the tragic and premature loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins,” the band wrote in a Twitter assertion. “His musical spirit and infectious laughter will dwell on with all of us endlessly. Our hearts exit to his spouse, youngsters and household, and we ask that their privateness be handled with the utmost respect on this unimaginably troublesome time.”
Hawkins is survived by his spouse Alison Hawkins — whom he married in 2005 — and their three youngsters: Oliver, Annabelle and Everleigh.
After information of the Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders frontman’s dying broke, a number of famend musicians paid tribute to the late rocker.
“I don’t have the phrases. Unhappy to put in writing this or to by no means see you once more,” Travis Barker, the drummer for Blink-182, wrote through Instagram on the time “I’ll always remember Laguna Seashore days once I was a trash man taking part in in a punk rock band and also you have been taking part in with Alanis [Morissette]. You’d come watch me play in dive bars and be like, ‘child you’re a star.’ And I assumed you have been loopy however you gave me a lot hope and dedication.”
The “All of the Small Issues” performer, 46, added: “Years later we toured along with Blink and Foo’s in Australia and I’ve the perfect recollections of smoking cigarettes within the restroom of flights we have been on collectively and watching your set each evening. To say I’ll miss you my buddy isn’t sufficient. Until the subsequent time we speak drums and smoke within the boys room … Relaxation In Peace ????????????”
Musician Finneas, for his half, additionally shared a tribute, tweeting, “So heartbroken to listen to about Taylor Hawkins’ passing, what an unimaginable expertise, who didn’t additionally should be so variety and beneficiant and funky however was all these issues too anyway. The world was so fortunate to have his presents for the time that it did, Relaxation In Peace.”
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