Limp Bizkit Bassist Sam Rivers Dead at 48

Sam Rivers — the bassist for the rock-rap group Limp Bizkit — has died … according to an official statment posted to the band’s Instagram.

The group announced Sam’s passing Saturday evening … revealing he passed away earlier in the day and calling him their “heartbeat.”

Sam wasn’t just a bass player, the group say — he “was pure magic. The pulse beneath every song, the calm in the chaos, the soul in the sound.”

Outside of the music, the band writes that Sam was a once-in-a-lifetime person and a legend among legends.

The message ends, “Rest easy, brother. Your music never ends.”

Rivers was 48.

RIP