Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins Had 10 Substances in His System Before His Death, Officials Say
27.03.2022 - 17:09
/ usmagazine.com
Amid the investigation into Taylor Hawkins’ death, Colombian authorities found that the late Foo Fighters drummer had 10 drugs in his system.
Per a translation of a statement from the country’s General of the Nation in Fiscalía on Saturday, March 26, a preliminary toxicology test revealed the presence of different substances. The report found that Hawkins allegedly had marijuana, tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines and opioids in his system. An investigation into the cause of Hawkins’ death is ongoing.
The Texas native’s death was confirmed on Friday, March 25, by members of his band. 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 at the time. “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.”
The Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders frontman — who is survived by his wife Alison Hawkins and children Oliver, Annabelle and Everleigh — was on tour with the group in Bogotá, Colombia. Shortly before his death, he allegedly suffered chest pain. A Saturday Twitter statement from the city’s District Secretary of Health noted that the local emergency center received a report about a patient — staying in a hotel north of the city — who had pain in his chest. An ambulance was dispatched to the scene where the songwriter was found unresponsive. Attempts to resuscitate Hawkins were not successful before he was pronounced dead.
The late “Everlong” musician joined the Grammy-nominated band in 1997, alongside existing members Dave Grohl, Pat Smear,
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