{"id":7956,"date":"2022-03-26T05:29:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T05:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/?p=7956"},"modified":"2022-03-26T05:29:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T05:29:57","slug":"taylor-hawkins-drummer-of-foo-fighters-dies-aged-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/taylor-hawkins-drummer-of-foo-fighters-dies-aged-50\/celebrity-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Hawkins Drummer of Foo Fighters Dies aged 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-7956\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-7956-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-7956-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7956-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>Foo Fighters Drummer and Rock 'n' Roll hall of fame legend Taylor Hawkins has sadly died aged 50.<\/p>\n<p>Feature image credit Shutterstock.com\/<a class=\"jss267 jss44 jss46 jss45\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/g\/agwilson\">agwilson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Foo fighters made an announcement this morning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ffPHhUKRT4\">pic.twitter.com\/ffPHhUKRT4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Foo Fighters (@foofighters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foofighters\/status\/1507552958988255234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It is believed that Taylor Hawkins was found unresponsive in his hotel room in Bogota, Colombia, where the band are currently touring. No cause of death has been indicated.<\/p>\n<p>Hawkins joined the band in 1997 after previously touring with singer Alanis Morissette, one of the biggest stars of the 90s. He entered the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of fame in 2005, famous for his incredible drumming talent, superb vocals and stage presence, especially when he takes over for frontman Dave Grohl to cover some of the greats such as Queen.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UdpfvlOzgGY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe band was due to finalise their tour in Auckland the week before Christmas and have recently played themselves in their horror movie Studio 666.<\/p>\n<p>Tributes have been pouring in from all over the globe for Taylor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taylorhawkins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TaylorHawkins<\/a> was truly a great person and an amazing musician. My heart, my love and my condolences go out to his wife, his children, his family, his band and his fans. See you on the other side - Ozzy<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ozzy Osbourne (@OzzyOsbourne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OzzyOsbourne\/status\/1507564563964723203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">God bless you Taylor Hawkins. I loved your spirit and your unstoppable rock power. Rest In Peace my friend. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AkiRLF2L3e\">pic.twitter.com\/AkiRLF2L3e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Morello (@tmorello) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tmorello\/status\/1507561725918285826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Taylor, who was born in Fort Worth sadly leaves behind his wife, Alison and Three Children, Oliver Shane, Annabelle and Everleigh, and the band and an army of fans.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foo Fighters Drummer and Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll hall of fame legend Taylor Hawkins has sadly died aged 50. Feature image credit Shutterstock.com\/agwilson The Foo fighters made an announcement this morning. &nbsp; pic.twitter.com\/ffPHhUKRT4 \u2014 Foo Fighters (@foofighters) March 26, 2022 It is believed that Taylor Hawkins was found unresponsive in his hotel room in Bogota, Colombia,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":7957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[924],"class_list":["post-7956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7956"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7959,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7956\/revisions\/7959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}