Logistics workers light candles on the stage of the Estero Picnic festival during a tribute paid to the drummer of the band Foo Fighters Taylor Hawkins who died in Bogota, Colombia, March 25, 2022. Picture taken March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Nathalia Angarita.
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Matiba Sibanyoni
26 March 2022, 11:12 [SAST]
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American rock band Foo Fighters announced the death of Taylor Hawkins, the band’s drummer, in a tweet late on Friday.
The band did not provide details on the cause of death.Hawkins was 50.
FILE PHOTO: Taylor Hawkins and Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters arrive at the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles April 18, 2013. REUTERS/Phil McCarten/File Photo
“The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins,” the band said in a tweet posted to its official Twitter account.
“His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever.”
Variety reported that the band had been preparing to perform in Bogota on Friday at the time of his death.
Police vans are seen outside the Casa Medina hotel, where Taylor Hawkins, drummer of the band Foo Fighters was staying, who died hours before his presentation at the Estereo Picnic festival, in Bogota, Colombia, March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Mariano Vimos
