Taylor Hawkins, drummer for Foo Fighters, died in Bogotá. The American rock band issued a statement on Friday night, March 25th, to announce the death of the musician who was in Colombia to perform at the Estéreo Picnic 2022 festival.
Following the sad news, Colombian prosecutors issued an official statement to report the outcome of a medical study conducted on the 50-year-old musician’s corpse.
“Following the first forensic examination of the corpse of Taylor Hawkins, drummer of the band Foo Fighters, who died yesterday in a hotel in northern Bogotá, the Attorney General’s Office announces the following: A toxicological test was carried out on the urine Taylor Hawkins’ body has a provisional 10 Types of substances found included: THC (marijuana), tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines and opioids,” the statement said.
“The National Institute of Legal Medicine advances medical school to achieve it the full clarification of the events leading up to the death of Taylor Hawkins. The Attorney General’s Office will continue the investigation and will report the results obtained as part of the same in a timely manner.”closed it.
Hawkins was one of the visible figures in the band alongside former Nirvana Dave Grohl. At concerts he left the drums to sing rock classics like Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie or Rock n’ Roll by Led Zeppelin.
#ATTENTION | Official statement of #Lawyer General of the Nation on the death of foreign national Taylor Hawkins, drummer for the band Foo Fighters. pic.twitter.com/K3Z7Ss9wcO
– Attorney General of Colombia (@FiscaliaCol) March 26, 2022
