Limp Bizkit bass player Sam Rivers has passed away. He is 48 years old. This was reported on the group's page on social networks.

Sam Rivers, bass player for the American rock band Limp Bizkit, died on October 18, 2025 at the age of 48. The group reported this on its social network page.
“Today we lost our brother, our bandmate, our heart. Sam Rivers was not just a bass player, he was the epitome of magic,” the post read.
Since 2006, along with playing at Limp Bizkit, Rivers has also participated in music production. He was a producer for the bands Burn Season, The Embraced and Indorphine.
Since 2016, Rivers has not participated in the band's live performances due to health issues. In 2017, one of the musician's colleagues said in an interview that Rivers was waiting for a liver transplant, the problem began due to alcohol poisoning during the tour. But in 2019, Sam Rivers returned to performing live with the band.
The band Limp Bizkit performs in the genres nu metal, rapcore, rap metal and rap rock. It was founded in 1994 in Jacksonville, Florida. This group has been nominated for a Grammy Award three times and has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide. Group multiple times visited our country with concerts, and leader Fred Durst in conversation with Zvezda express wishes obtain Russian citizenship.