Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins Dead at 50

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins (R) and Alison Hawkins arrive at the Clive Davis Pre-GRAMMY Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Feb. 9, 2013. John Shearer/Invision/AP, File

LOS ANGELES—Taylor Hawkins, for 25 years the drummer for Foo Fighters and best friend of frontman Dave Grohl, has died during a South American tour with the rock band. He was 50.

There were few immediate details on how Hawkins died, although the band said in a statement Friday that his death was a “tragic and untimely loss.”