Co-founding Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers sadly passed away recently just 48 years old. Singer Fred Durst posted a lengthy tribute to Rivers saying: “Just thinking about him, it’s so tragic that he’s not here right now. And I’ve gone through gallons and gallons of tears since yesterday, and I’m thinking, ‘My god, Sam’s a legend.’ He did it. He lived it … I’m so grateful, so incredibly grateful to have shared part of this journey with Sam Rivers — a huge part of this journey, a huge part of my journey. I’m super, super grateful and I miss him terribly already. And all the support and love out there I’ve seen online, it’s overwhelming. He really did have an impact on the world, and his music and his gift is the one that’s gonna keep on giving. And I just love him so much.”
TMZ has reported further details surrounding Rivers’ passing saying that a spokesperson for the St. Johns County, Florida Fire Rescue said they responded to a call for a “non responsive person in cardiac arrest.” The site reported: “The final cause of death is still unclear, but a rep for the St. Johns County Sheriff tells TMZ … ‘Deputies responded to an attended death at that address.’ An ‘attended death’ is one in which the deceased has been a patient under medical care for a serious or life-threatening illness that will likely lead to death in a relatively short period of time — days or months, but not years.”
