Taylor Hawkins cause of death updates – Foo Fighters drummer’s death shocks fans as band ask to respect wife’s ‘privacy’

THE Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins has died and the band requested privacy for his grieving “wife, children, family.”

A joint statement was posted to Twitter late on Friday night, stating that the other band members were “devastated” by the “untimely death” of Hawkins, who was 50 years old.

The Foo Fighters statement read: “His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with 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.”

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