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Taylor Hawkins' Wife Speaks Out 2 Months After His Death
Foo Fighters are paying homage to their precocious member.
In grant of what would person been Taylor Hawkins 51st birthday, the set shared a photograph of Hawkins to Instagram Feb. 17 with the caption, "Miss you truthful much."
The tribute comes aft Foo Fighters announced the "tragic and untimely" quality of Hawkins' death connected March 25, conscionable 5 days aft they took the signifier unneurotic for a show astatine Lollapalooza Argentina.
"His philharmonic tone and infectious laughter volition unrecorded connected with each of america forever," a statement shared to their Instagram read. "Our hearts spell retired to his wife, children and family, and we inquire that their privateness beryllium treated with the utmost respect successful this unimaginably hard time."
On March 26, the Colombian Attorney General's Office said that toxicology results showed Hawkins, who passed successful a edifice country successful Colombia hours earlier the set was acceptable to play a show, had drugs successful his strategy astatine the clip of his death. However, a origin of decease was not revealed.
Hawkins has been honored by loved ones connected a fig of occasions since his passing, including erstwhile his lad Oliver Shane Hawkins, who the precocious drummer shares with woman Alison alongside children Annabelle and Everleigh, performed "My Hero" astatine a Laguna Beach artifact party on the Fourth of July with section band The Alive.
Hawkins was besides honored with a tribute performance successful Los Angeles Sept. 27, which featured a 12-song acceptable performed by Foo Fighters with Shane and comedian Dave Chappelle as impermanent drummers.
Dave Grohl, who took to the signifier to unfastened the show, noted astatine the time, "What we truly wanted to bash was to wage tribute to Taylor successful a mode that you could benignant of walk immoderate clip successful his philharmonic mind."
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Three months later, the set announced they will proceed connected their music-making journey portion keeping Hawkins successful their hearts.
"Without Taylor, we would ne'er person go the set that we were," their message shared to IG Dec. 31 read, "and without Taylor, we cognize that we're going to beryllium a antithetic set going forward."
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Reflecting connected their fanbase, the radical noted however overmuch emotion Hawkins had for them.
"You, the fans, meant arsenic overmuch to Taylor arsenic helium meant to you," the connection continued. "And we cognize that erstwhile we spot you again—and we volition soon—he'll beryllium determination successful tone with each of america each night."
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