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FOO FIGHTERS … Taylor Hawkin’s Cause Of Death: Colombian Police Issue Statement

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Blabbermouth — Colombian police believe the death of FOO FIGHTERS drummer Taylor Hawkins could be related to drugs.

The 50-year-old musician was found dead in a hotel room at the Casa Medina in Bogota on Friday (March 25).

A short time later, the Metropolitan Police Of Bogota released a statement published by several news outlets in Colombia, including Bogota’s El Tiempo, in which they said: “According to those close to him, the death could be related to the consumption of narcotic substances.” But they cautioned: “The cause of death has yet to be established.”

In a statement, the Bogota municipal government said the city’s emergency center received a report of a patient with “chest pain” and sent an ambulance on Friday evening. Paramedics attempted to revive him but there was no response and Hawkins was declared dead at the hotel in northern Bogota, the statement added.

Fans, journalists and videographers began to gather outside Casa Medina after Hawkins‘s death was announced. Ambulances and police cars, including those of judicial police and forensic investigators, could be seen stationed outside of the hotel, which is located in the middle of the financial and commercial centers of Bogota in one of the most historic and traditional buildings of the city. A couple of hours later, Hawkins‘s body was finally brought out of the hotel, placed into a coroner’s van and driven away.

Colombian music and entertainment journalist Alejandro Marin tweeted as news of the drummer’s death emerged: “Don’t begin to blame the country because Taylor died in Colombia if he died of an overdose. Don’t be so stupid.”

The FOO FIGHTERS were scheduled to perform Friday at the Picnic Stereo festival in Bogota but their performance was canceled.



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