{"id":1401834,"date":"2022-03-26T12:14:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T16:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1401834"},"modified":"2022-03-26T12:14:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T16:14:45","slug":"foo-fighters-drummer-taylor-hawkins-dies-in-south-america-police-hint-at-potential-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foo-fighters-drummer-taylor-hawkins-dies-in-south-america-police-hint-at-potential-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins Dies In South America, Police Hint At Potential Cause"},"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\">28<\/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-dies-in-south-america-police-hint-at-potential-cause%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=1401834&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Taylor-Hawkins-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Taylor Hawkins, the drummer for Foo Fighters, died at 50-years-old on Friday while on tour with the band in South America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins,\u201d the band said in a statement. \u201cHis 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/taylor-hawkins-foo-fighters-dead-e2044f117e4aa92566b313144fbee285\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The Bogota municipal government issued a statement Saturday that the city\u2019s emergency center had received a report of a patient with \u201cchest pain\u201d and sent an ambulance. A private ambulance arrived as well, it said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-71 Component-p-0-2-62\"><em>Health workers tried to revive him, but were unable to do so. It said the cause of death was under investigation. Police vehicles, an ambulance and fans were gathered outside the hotel in northern Bogota where Hawkins was believed to have been staying.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Metropolitan Police of Bogota <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/26\/taylor-hawkins-death-may-be-tied-to-drugs-police\/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&#038;utm_source=NYPTwitter&#038;utm_campaign=SocialFlow\">said<\/a> in a statement that \u201caccording to those close to him, the death could be related to the consumption of drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/foo-fighters-drummer-taylor-hawkins-dead-at-50\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Hawkins was Alanis Morrissette\u2019s touring drummer when he joined Foo Fighters in 1997. He played on the band\u2019s biggest albums including \u201cOne by One\u201d and \u201cOn Your Honor,\u201d and on hit singles including \u201cMy Hero\u201d and \u201cBest of You.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>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. When he spent two years in the mid-1990s drumming for Morrissette, he was inspired primarily by the playing of Jane\u2019s Addiction\u2019s Stephen Perkins.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn utter disbelief at the news of Taylor Hawkins,\u201d rockers Nickelback said in a statement on Twitter. \u201cOur deepest condolences to his family, his bandmates, his team, his friends and everyone that was ever touched by the music he created with @foofighters @Alanis and so many others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply saddened by the loss of Taylor Hawkins,\u201d said Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy. \u201cHe was a beloved member of the entire music community. We send our love and best wishes to Taylor\u2019s family and everyone who\u2019s grieving him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re devastated. Our thoughts are with Taylor\u2019s family, friends and band mates,\u201d Jimmy Eat World wrote on Twitter. \u201cHe was the heartbeat of one of our most favorite bands. It\u2019s hard to imagine someone with his power and energy could be gone so soon. He\u2019ll be sorely missed but never forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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