{"id":1401335,"date":"2022-03-26T00:29:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T04:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1401335"},"modified":"2022-03-26T00:29:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T04:29:41","slug":"foo-fighters-drummer-taylor-hawkins-dead-at-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foo-fighters-drummer-taylor-hawkins-dead-at-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins Dead at 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffoo-fighters-drummer-taylor-hawkins-dead-at-50%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1401335&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Taylor Hawkins, the longtime drummer for the rock band Foo Fighters, has died. He was 50.<\/p>\n<p>There were no immediate details about how Hawkins died, though the band said in a statement Friday that his death was a \u201ctragic and untimely loss.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Foo Fighters were on tour in South America. They played a festival in San Isidro, Argentina on Sunday and had been scheduled to play at another in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever,\u201d said a message on the band\u2019s official Twitter account that was also emailed to reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CbjRk2BrUfX\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After Foo Fighters founder and front man Dave Grohl, Hawkins was probably the most prominent member of the group, appearing alongside Grohl in interviews and playing prominent roles in the band\u2019s videos.<\/p>\n<p>He also starred in Foo Fighters\u2019 recently released horror-comedy film, \u201cStudio 666,\u201d in which a demonic force in a house the band is staying in seizes Grohl and makes him murderous.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CaaNgYGJSWc\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hawkins and other members of the band, Pat Smear, Rami Jaffee, Chris Shiflett, Nate Mendel, are killed off one by one. The film allowed the group, who for decades have been one of rock music\u2019s most durable acts, to have fun while acting out a long-running joke.<\/p>\n<p>The film\u2019s premise came out of their work on their 10th studio album at a home in Los Angeles\u2019 San Fernando Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Hawkins was Foo Fighters\u2019 drummer for 25 of the band\u2019s 28 years of existence, taking over for original drummer William Goldsmith in 1997.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Watch below:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the second time Grohl has experienced the death of a close bandmate. Grohl was the drummer for Nirvana when Kurt Cobain died in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Hawkins is survived by his wife Alison and their three children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Taylor Hawkins, the longtime drummer for the rock band Foo Fighters, has died. He was 50. 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