Taylor Hawkins: Results of forensic examination into death of Foo Fighters drummer released

Bogotá, Colombia - Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins had an assortment of drugs in his system when he died Friday, Colombian authorities said.

Mourning fans leave flowers and tributes to Taylor Hawkins at the Four Seasons Hotel in Bogota where he died.
Mourning fans leave flowers and tributes to Taylor Hawkins at the Four Seasons Hotel in Bogota where he died.  © IMAGO / ZUMA Wire

An initial forensic medical examination and urine toxicology report of the musician’s body revealed 10 substances in his system, including THC (marijuana), tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines, and opioids, according to a statement from the Colombian attorney general’s office Saturday via Twitter.

Emergency services responded to a call of a patient with chest pains at the Four Seasons Hotel Casa Medina Bogota on Friday. Hawkins was found dead in the hotel room, the authorities said. A spokesman for Foo Fighters was not immediately available for comment.

"The National Institute of Forensic Medicine continues to conduct the necessary medical studies to ascertain the cause of death," the attorney general’s office statement added. "The Attorney General’s Office will continue to investigate and will duly inform the findings of forensic examinations in due time."

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Hawkins was in Bogotá to perform with the Foo Fighters, two nights before the band’s headlining set at Lollapalooza Brazil on Sunday. He was 50.

Hawkins' past with drugs

Forensic technicians at the scene after Hawkins was found dead in his hotel room.
Forensic technicians at the scene after Hawkins was found dead in his hotel room.  © IMAGO / ZUMA Wire

The band announced Hawkins’ death on its Instagram account. "The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins," the announcement read.

"His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with 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 in this unimaginably difficult time."

Hawkins had a history of drug use. A heroin overdose in 2001 left him in a coma.

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"I was partying in London one night, and I mistakenly did something and it changed everything," Hawkins told Kerrang! magazine in 2019.

"I believed the bulls*** myth of live hard and fast, die young. I’m not here to preach about not doing drugs, because I loved doing drugs, but I just got out of control for a while and it almost got me. I was heading down a road that was going to lead to even worse paths. I'm glad it got knocked on the head at that point. I go mountain biking now."

Hawkins is survived by his wife Alison and their three children.

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