Taylor Hawkins' death: Foo Fighters drummer's heart was 'double normal weight'
27.03.2022 - 13:51
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Taylor Hawkins' heart was double the weight of most men his age when he tragically passed away, Columbian officials have said.
During an autopsy, forensic scientists discovered that the Foo Fighters drummer's heart weighed "at least 600 grams" following his shock death on Friday.
The 50-year-old was found dead at a luxury hotel in the north of the Colombian capital Bogota, with investigators concluding that he had suffered cardiovascular collapse after taking a cocktail of drugs, Colombian news magazine Semana reported.
The publication also said authorities had confirmed to them the American musician had overdosed on a mix of heroin, antidepressants and benzodiazepines which are psychoactive drugs commonly known as benzos.
Colombia’s Attorney General’s office has already confirmed an initial autopsy carried out yesterday/on Saturday revealed traces of 10 different drugs in Hawkins’ urine, including opioids which can range from heroin to fentanyl and morphine.
It also revealed in a statement marihuana and antidepressants were detected, the Mirror reports.
The federal government department did not mention cocaine in its post-autopsy statement, although earlier unconfirmed reports pointed to a “white cocaine-like powder” being found in Hawkins’ room at the Four Seasons Hotel Casa Medina.
The alarm was raised on Friday night when the drummer complained of chest pains ahead of his band’s headline performance at the Estereo Picnic Festival in Bogota.
Efforts to revive him by a private doctor and city emergency responders failed and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Dad-of-three Hawkins suffered a heroin overdose in London in 2001 that left him in a coma for around a week.
In an interview last year he admitted: “Everyone has