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Taylor Hawkins, longtime drummer of Foo Fighters, dead at 50
Taylor Hawkins, the longtime drummer of the band Foo Fighters, has died. He was 50.
The rock band announced Hawkins' death on Twitter Friday. No cause of death was provided.
"The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our Taylor Hawkins," read the band's statement. "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."
A representative for Hawkins said Friday that no further details are currently available.
Hawkins joined Foo Fighters in 1997, taking over for original drummer William Goldsmith. On Friday, the band was scheduled to play at the Festival Estéreo Picnic in Bogotá, Colombia. Their next show was scheduled for Lollapalooza Brasil in São Paulo, Brazil on Sunday, and they were also set to play at the Grammy Awards on April 3.
In October 2021, Hawkins was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame alongside his fellow Foo Fighters. The drummer used his speech to spotlight other musicians who he felt also deserved the honor, like George Michael and the bands Jane's Addiction and Soundgarden.
"So I’ll share this with you guys, but when you guys get it, you’ve got to give me back your bit," he said.
Recently, Hawkins appeared alongside his fellow Foo Fighters — frontman Dave Grohl, bassist Nate Mendel, guitarist Pat Smear, lead guitarist Chris Shiflett and keyboardist Rami Jaffee — in the horror-comedy film "Studio 666," which came out in February.
Born Oliver Taylor Hawkins in Fort Worth, Texas in 1972, Hawkins was raised in Laguna Beach, California. He played in the small Southern California band Sylvia before landing his first major gig as a drummer for Canadian singer Sass Jordan. He then spent the mid-1990s as the touring drummer for Alanis Morissette before Grohl asked him to join the Foo Fighters.
It’s the second time Grohl has experienced the death of a close bandmate: Grohl was the drummer for Nirvana when Kurt Cobain died in 1994.
Hawkins is survived by his wife Alison and their three children.