Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins Dead at 50: ‘His Musical Spirit and Infectious Laugh Will Live On’
usmagazine.comFoo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins has died. He was 50.“The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins,” the band wrote in a Twitter statement on Friday, March 25. “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.”Hawkins joined the music group — which is also comprised of Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, Nate Mendel, Rami Jaffee and Franz Stahl — in 1997 after William Goldsmith‘s departure.
Together, the band has released 10 albums with hit songs including “Best of You,” “Love Dies Young” and “This Is a Call.” The group had been on tour in South America and were set to perform at the 2022 Grammy Awards next month.The Texas native is survived by his wife Alison Hawkins — who he wed in 2005 — and their three children: Oliver, Annabelle and Everleigh.“When I was 25, I never thought, ‘I’m going to be a suburban dad someday,'” the late songwriter told Billboard in November 2019. “But that’s what I am, so I can’t write about being young and going to clubs, and I’m not very political.
It’s all sort of tongue-in-cheek though.”While further details of Taylor’s death have not been revealed, several of music’s biggest names have honored the “Everlong” performer’s legacy.“I don’t have the words.
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