Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins Passes Away at 50

Taylor Hawkins, the drummer for the multi-Grammy award-winning rock band the Foo Fighters, died on Friday, his colleagues said in a statement.

He was 50 years old.

There were no immediate details on how Hawkins died, although the band said in a statement Friday that his death was a "tragic and untimely loss."

"His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever," said a message on the band's official Twitter account that was also emailed to reporters. "Our hearts go out to his wife, children and family."

As per reports, police vehicles, an ambulance and fans were gathered outside the hotel in northern Bogota where Hawkins was believed to have been staying.

"It was a band I grew up with. This leaves me empty," Juan Sebastian Anchique, 23, told The Associated Press as he mourned Hawkins outside the hotel.

Authorities in Colombia have not commented on Hawkins' death. The US Embassy in Bogota expressed its condolences in a tweet.

After Grohl, Hawkins was the most recognisable member of the group, appearing alongside the lead singer in interviews and playing prominent, usually comic, roles in the band's memorable videos and their recent horror-comedy film, Studio 666.

Foo Fighters had been scheduled to play at a festival in Bogota, Colombia, on Friday night. Hawkins' final concert was Sunday at another festival in San Isidro, Argentina.

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