Limp Bizkit Announces Death of Bassist Sam Rivers at 48: ‘We Lost Our Brother’

Rivers had previously battled health issues, undergoing a liver transplant in 2017 for alcohol-induced liver disease.

Fred Durst (L) and Sam Rivers from the band Limp Bizkit perform onstage at the Estéreo Picnic Festival in Bogotá, Colombia, on March 21, 2024. Photo by Juan Pablo Pino/AFP via Getty Images

The Fred Durst-fronted nu metal band Limp Bizkit has announced the death of its bassist and founding member, Sam Rivers, who died over the weekend at the age of 48.

Members of the rap-rock group, including guitarist Wes Borland, drummer John Otto, and turntablist DJ Lethal, shared the news in an Oct. 18 Instagram post, describing Rivers as the “heartbeat” of the band and a “once-in-a-lifetime kind of human.”