'We Lost A Friend;' Fans, Followers Gather In Long Beach To Honor Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins

CBS Los Angeles

April 1, 2022

Foo Fighters fans and Long Beach locals were amongst the dozens of people who gathered Thursday evening to remember Taylor Hawkins, the longtime Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dead at 50; 10 psychoactive substances present in system at time of death in his Bogota, Colombia hotel room on March 25, just hours before the band was scheduled to perform.

Hawkins, a graduate of Laguna Beach High School, was fondly remembered as a "hometown boy" by many of those in attendance, who held a drum circle in the sand to pay homage to the 50-year-old drummer who reached stardom with the Foo Fighters in the early 2000s.

To them, he wasn't just a superstar musician playing with one of the world's biggest bands, but rather a "part of the fabric of this community," as Ed Seinfeld, a KXFM radio host told CBS reporters Thursday.

https://www.cbsnews.com/losang...

CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.