Sam Rivers, bassist and founding member of the metal band Limp Bizkit, died on Saturday, the band announced in a social media post. No cause of death was stated, although he had a history of alcohol-related liver disease; he was 48.
“Today we lost our brother. Our bandmate. Our heartbeat,” the band wrote. “Sam Rivers wasn’t just our bass player — he was pure magic. The pulse beneath every song, the calm in the chaos, the soul in the sound.”
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Born in Jacksonville, Fla. In 1977, Rivers first began playing music in middle school, beginning with tuba because his friend, future
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