Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins dead at 50: stars react

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins has died. he was 50

“The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins,” the band wrote in a Twitter Statement on Friday March 25th. “His musical spirit and infectious laugh will live on in all of us forever. Our hearts go out to his wife, children and family and we ask that their privacy be treated with the utmost respect at this unimaginably difficult time.”

Hawkins joined the musical group – which also exists Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, Nate Mendel, Rami Jaffee and Franz Stahl — 1997 after William Goldsmith‘s departure. Together, the band has released 10 hit albums including Best of You, Love Dies Young and This Is a Call. The group has been touring South America and was scheduled to perform at the 2022 Grammy Awards next month.

The Texas native is survived by his wife Alison Hawkins – whom he married in 2005 – and their three children: Oliver, Annabelle and Everleigh.

“When I was 25, I never thought, ‘I’m going to be a suburban father one day,'” the late songwriter said billboard in November 2019. “But I am, so I can’t write about being young and going to clubs, and I’m not very political. It’s all kind of tongue in cheek though.”

While no further details of Taylor’s death have been released, several of music’s biggest names have paid tribute to the “everlong” artist’s legacy.

“I’m lost for words. Sad to write this or never to see you again.” Travis Barker, the drummer for Blink-182, wrote via Instagram on Friday. “I’ll never forget the days in Laguna Beach when I was a garbage man who played in a punk rock band and you played in it Alanis [Morissette]. You would come to watch me play in bars and say, “Boy, you’re a star.” And I thought you were crazy, but you gave me so much hope and determination.”

The Barker Wellness founder, who will perform at the 2022 Oscars on Sunday, March 27, added a second tribute via Instagram Story, writing, “This one hurts.”

Full house alum John Stamosfor his part, recalled the last messages the couple had exchanged.

“That was Taylor Hawkins’ last message to me: ‘Yeah, we’ve got some slack to go through – we put everything together before we die,'” he said grandfather alum, 58, tweeted early on Saturday, March 26th. “Wise words from my friend – put that together! I’m so damn sad. Another left too soon.”

Scroll down to see how the stars mourned the legendary rocker’s death: