Overview

• Limp Bizkit said on Instagram that Sam Rivers has died at age 48, calling him “pure magic” and the band’s heartbeat.
• No official cause of death has been announced, and DJ Lethal asked fans to respect the family’s privacy.
• Rivers co-founded the Jacksonville, Florida group in 1994 and helped define its bass-driven nu‑metal sound across its late‑1990s and 2000s hits.
• He left the band in 2015 due to a severe alcohol‑related liver illness, received a liver transplant, and returned in 2018, a history not tied by the band to his death.
• The group had a South America tour scheduled to start in about a month, and it has not addressed those plans since the announcement.