Well-known Colombian journalist Luis Carlos Velez, director of the Bogota-based FM radio station, claimed earlier today that a police officer who entered the room of 50-year-old Hawkins told prosecutors that he saw white powder “like cocaine”.
Meanwhile, the prestigious Colombian newspaper El Tiempo reported that a confidential report that had been reported referred to hallucinogens – mind-altering drugs that may contain LSD – found inside the hotel room.
Velez added: “In the room, Colombian authorities found an empty can of beer, an open bottle of vodka, a bottle of Coca-Cola and some other items being analyzed by the authorities.
“Witnesses at the hotel tell me that Taylor Hawkins called the front desk for help because of ‘chest pain’ before he was found dead in his room.”
He added: “Taylor Hawkins died of an overdose. Colombian authorities found: marijuana, antidepressants, opioids, heroin. “At least 10 different substances were found, sources tell me.”
Emma Sofía, the 9-year-old girl from Paraguay who fulfilled her dream to play drums for the American band Foo Fighters and meet the drummer Taylor Hawkins
Foo Fighters hold candles lit outside Casa Medina today where band drummer Taylor Hawkins was found dead
The Colombian newspaper El Tiempo reported that a confidential report he was informed of showed hallucinogens – mind-altering drugs that may contain LSD – found inside the hotel room. (Image, archive image of a hotel room in Casa Medina)
Members of the Technical Investigation Corps (CTI) remove the lifeless body of Foo Fighters rock drummer Taylor Hawkins at the Casa Medina Hotel in Bogota, Colombia.
An unconfirmed local report said several glasses were found inside the drummer’s room, sparking speculation that he was entertaining guests before his death.
The Colombian Public Prosecutor’s Office, in its first official comments on the tragedy, confirmed: dealing with emergencies and supporting research. ”
Prosecution officials have not yet made any official comment on the speculation that the musician’s death may be drug-related.
The drummer with a history of drug use died in a hotel room in the north of the Colombian capital.
The Bogota Metropolitan Police, in a statement broadcast by several Colombian newspapers, said: “The cause of death has not yet been determined. “According to people close to him, the death could be related to drug use.”
Local reports said hotel staff called emergency services after Hawkins suffered chest pains but was already dead when doctors arrived. The Foo Fighters were scheduled to perform at a concert in the Colombian capital.
Hawkins, a father of two teenage children, had openly discussed his battles over drugs and overdose years before what the band called his “tragic and untimely” death.
Taylor Hawkins was photographed with what is believed to be her last time on social media on Wednesday. Appears on a plane with band member Pat Smear (left) and Samantha Sidley (right) working for the band on Wednesday, March 23, 2022
White “cocaine-like” and hallucinogenic powders were reportedly found in the five-star Casa Medina hotel room of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died at the age of 50. (Above, archive image of a hotel room at Casa Medina in Bogota)
Four years after joining the Foo Fighters, Hawkins overdosed on heroin and ended up in a coma in 2001, which he later described as the result of “taking it too far”.
Colombian music and entertainment journalist Alejandro Marin wrote on Twitter after the news of the drummer’s death circulated: “Do not start blaming the country because Taylor died in Colombia if he died of an overdose. “Do not be so foolish.”
Shortly after the announcement of Hawkins’s death, dozens of fans, along with journalists and videographers, began to gather outside the hotel where the band was staying. Many seemed to be in complete shock with the news with some candles burning.
Ambulances and police patrols can be seen outside the accommodation. Later Friday night, Hawkins’ body was eventually transported from the hotel, placed in a medical examiner’s truck, and removed.
The band was scheduled to play at the Festival Estereo Picnic in the Colombian capital, where an announcement told viewers that the band would not be playing due to a “serious medical condition”.
Hawkins, who was married to Alison’s wife and father of two teenage children, Oliver and Annabelle, had just completed a tour of South America with the band last playing in San Isidro, Argentina, last Sunday. .
Bogota’s health officials appeared to signal last night that Hawkins had suffered a heart attack.
The Health Secretariat issued a statement confirming that the Foo Fighters drummer had caused an emergency medical condition after “chest pains”.
He said: “Regarding the death of American musician Taylor Hawkins in the Chapinero neighborhood, which happened on Friday night, the city’s Ministry of Health reports the following:
“The city’s Emergency Center received a warning for a patient with chest pain at a hotel in the north of the city.
“He sent an ambulance to monitor this case. However, when the teams of the health department arrived, they found a mobile response unit from the company EMI at the spot “.
A sheet is held as Hawkins’s body is transported to a medical examiner by forensic examiners outside the Casa Medina Hotel.
The cause of death was not immediately announced, but the band revealed that it was “devastated by the tragic and premature loss” (pictured left) in a tribute posted on their social media page. Pictured right: an announcement on stage where the Foo Fighters were due to perform on Friday told the public that the band would not be performing due to a “serious medical condition”
People react outside the Casa Medina Hotel, where Taylor Hawkins, drummer of the band Foo Fighters, was staying
“The health professional who was dealing with the emergency situation showed that efforts had been made to resuscitate the patient, but there was no response and the patient was pronounced dead.
“The competent authorities removed the body and started work on the investigations required in the context of such incidents.
“We mourn the death of this talented and world-renowned drummer and send a message of condolences to his family, the band’s teammates and his fans.”
She made no mention of drugs in her statement, despite police reporting that Mr Hawkins’s death may have been related to drugs earlier in the day.
Local reports had already been made to hotel staff at Casa Medina, the luxury hotel where Hawkins was staying, calling emergency teams after the drummer suffered chest pains.
Hawkins joined the band in 1997 after the band completed their second album, The Color and the Shape.
Prior to joining Foo Fighters, Hawkins played drums for Alanis Morissette, from whom he was hired by frontman Dave Grohl – the legendary Nirvana drummer.
Some fans prayed and lit candles for the legendary drummer who died in his hotel room on Friday night
Grohl formed the second band Foo Fighters in 1994 in the wake of a previous tragedy, just months after Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain committed suicide.
Following Cobain’s suicide in April, Grohl stepped down and was unsure if he wanted to stay in the music industry, but created Foo Fighters in October of that year after writing a 15-track demo and signing with Capitol records.
In Grohl’s 2021 book, The Storyteller, he called Hawkins “his brother from another mother, my best friend, a man for whom I would take a bullet.”
“With the first meeting, our bond was direct and we were closer with every day, every song, every note we ever played together,” Grohl wrote. “We are absolutely destined to be and I am grateful to be in this life.”
When Hawkins boarded in 1997, the Foo Fighters moved from the alternative rock scene to mainstream success, regularly gathering arenas and stadiums.
Police rushed to the hotel in northern Bogota, where Hawkins and his teammates were staying.
Fave Fighters’ Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins present the first day of Lollapalooza Chile 2022 at the Parque Bicentenario Cerrillos on March 18, 2022 in Santiago, Chile. This is believed to be one of the last publicly known photos of him playing
Foo Fighters charismatic drummer Taylor Hawkins has died at the age of 50. Photo: Taylor on stage in October 2021
An imaginative and rock drummer, he had the seemingly awkward task of playing drums behind Foos guitarist Dave Grohl, who is one of the greatest drummers in rock history.
Hawkins filled this role in an enjoyable way, bringing his own tough, juggling style to the band’s straight rock sound without trying to imitate Grohl.
He was also a vocalist and often picked up the microphone during the band’s concerts and on B-sides, often in covers (such as a 2008 band with Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones when Grohl went behind the drum kit at Hawkins got the microphone).
In addition to the nine albums he released with Foo Fighters, Taylor also had three albums with the band Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders and an additional album with The Birds of Satan.
Hawkins had spoken candidly about his drug use in the past and had openly discussed his 2001 overdose that saw him in a coma for two weeks.
In a 2021 interview with Kerrang! Hawkins shared the painful details and described how “he was heading on a road that was going to …
