New details have come to light following the shocking death of Limp Bizkit co-founder and bassist Sam Rivers over the weekend.
Rivers passed away at his home in Florida on Saturday, Oct. 18. He was 48.
His death was reportedly called in as a “nonresponsive person in cardiac arrest,” a spokesperson for the St. Johns County Fire Rescue told TMZ Tuesday.
“Deputies responded to an attended death at that address,” the spokesperson added in a statement to the outlet.
While Rivers’ cause of death remains unclear, an “attended death” is said to be when a patient dies at home under the care of an attending physician or licensed hospice, per People.
The Post has reached out to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Department for comment.
Limp Bizkit announced Rivers’ death in an emotional Instagram post on Saturday.
“Today we lost our brother. Our bandmate. Our heartbeat,” the metal band began. “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.”
“From the first note we ever played together, Sam brought a light and a rhythm that could never be replaced,” the “Break Stuff” rockers continued. “His talent was effortless, his presence unforgettable, his heart enormous.”
Signed by Fred Durst, Wes Borland, John Otto and DJ Lethal, the group went on to remember Rivers as a “once-in-a-lifetime kind of human” and a “true legend of legends.”
“His spirit will live forever in every groove, every stage, every memory,” they added. “We love you, Sam. We’ll carry you with us, always.”
“Rest easy, brother,” Durst, Borland, Otto and Lethal concluded their touching tribute. “Your music never ends.”
Although Rivers served as the “Take a Look Around” group’s original bassist, he briefly departed the band in 2015 for health reasons.
Five years later, he revealed that he left Limp Bizkit because of liver disease caused by alcohol abuse.
“I got liver disease from excessive drinking…I had to leave Limp Bizkit in 2015 because I felt so horrible, and a few months after that I realized I had to change everything because I had really bad liver disease,” Rivers told author Jon Widerhorn for the 2020 book “Raising Hell,” according to Variety.
“I quit drinking and did everything the doctors told me,” he added. “I got treatment for the alcohol and got a liver transplant, which was a perfect match.”
However, the “Truth” bassist later rejoined the Grammy-nominated band in 2018 and remained a key member of the iconic nu metal group until his death.
Rivers, who founded the “Behind Blue Eyes” group with Durst in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1994, performed his last concert with Limp Bizkit at the Leeds Festival in the UK back in August.
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