Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers found dead in Florida bathroom

Sam Rivers, the 48-year-old bassist and cofounder of the band Limp Bizkit, was found dead in the bathroom of his Florida home on Oct. 18, according to a St. Johns County Sheriff’s Department incident report. The report says a woman identified as Keely discovered Rivers lying face down in a pool of blood and called 911. Responding deputies and emergency personnel attempted resuscitation but St. Johns County Fire Rescue pronounced him dead at the scene.

The 911 call, referenced in the incident report, captures Keely performing CPR as she tells dispatchers she found Rivers face first in the bathroom. Deputies arriving at the home continued CPR until fire rescue personnel took over and declared him dead. The report noted a small amount of coagulated blood in the bathroom and a cut above Rivers’s eye, which deputies said may have resulted from a fall.

A deputy who wrote the report described Rivers’s face and neck as dark blue while the rest of his body appeared flushed. The report observes that such coloring can be seen in cases of pulmonary embolism, a condition in which a blood clot blocks blood flow to the lungs, but it does not provide a cause of death. Authorities have not...