Sam Rivers Dead at 48 — The Heartbeat of Limp Bizkit and the Legacy He Leaves Behind
The music world has lost one of its quietest but most essential forces. Sam Rivers, the founding bassist of Limp Bizkit, has died at 48, leaving behind a rhythm that defined a generation and a sound that helped shape modern rock. His death sent shockwaves through fans who grew up on the raw, chaotic energy of the late ’90s, when nu metal was more than a genre — it was a movement.
