If you are struggling right now, please reach out for help from a counselor or by calling a hotline. Per blackdragonfl圓: Linkin Park talked about self-harm in their songs and I know fans found comfort in that, but this will be very triggering to a lot of people. He was found around 9 am after hanging himself in his LA residence In case you or someone you know needs support, here are some resources: Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK Crisis Text Line, the free, nationwide, 24/7 text message service for people in crisis, is here to support. The band was set to kick off a tour in Boston next week.#BREAKING: Chester Bennington of Linkin Park has committed suicide.
Linkin Park’s latest album, “One More Light,” was released in May.
He will be missed terribly.”īennington has six children from two relationships. My heart breaks for his family and friends. Late night host Jimmy Kimmel wrote, “Chester was one of the kindest men I’ve had on my show. Chester Bennington, the co-frontman of rock band Linkin Park, was found dead of an apparent suicide in his Palos Verdes Estates home on July 20, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office announced. An official statement will come out as soon as we have one.” The news caused an outpouring of grief among celebrities, especially coming so soon on the heels of the death of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, a close friend of Bennington’s who committed suicide by in May.īennington had reportedly performed Leonard Cohen’s “Hallejulah” at Cornell’s memorial service.īennington’s bandmate Mike Shinoda tweete,d “Shocked and heartbroken, but it’s true. The single was featured on a collaborative album, “Collision Course,” and won an award for best rap/sung collaboration at the 2006 Grammy Awards. The group enjoyed cross-over success with the 2004 mash up “Numb/Encore” which combined their song “Numb” with rapper Jay-Z’s “Encore.” No wonder I just went completely insane for a little while.” “My God, no wonder I became a drug addict. “I remember that stuff happening to me at that stage and even thinking about it now makes me want to cry,” he said. Spotting a photo of himself as a child at his mother’s house from around the time of the abuse brought it all back, Bennington recalled. “No one wants that to happen to you and honestly, I don’t remember when it started.” chesterbe I met him at their concert in 2002 at Nassau Coloseum when cypresshill opened for them and they wanted me to judge a contest before their sold out headlining set. “When I was young, getting beaten up and pretty much raped was no fun,” he told The Guardian in 2011. WTF is up with Suicide Shout To Chester Bennington, Lead Singer Of The Band Linkin Park.
He also suffered sexual abuse as a child, he said.
That voice, it turned out, was fueled by anguish.īennington was open about his troubled life, including an introduction to smoking pot after his parents divorced when he was 11, which escalated to cocaine and methamphetamine use. Db Ebm B E Em D G A Bm F Eb C Am Chords for Linkin Park Given Up VOCAL COVER with song key, BPM, capo transposer, play along with guitar, piano. Authorities said they were treating the case as a possible suicide.īennington’s band found success in 2000 with their album “Hybrid Theory” with Bennington’s heartfelt vocals leading the way. The coroner’s office was called out to a home in Palos Verdes Estates shortly after 9 a.m. (Credit: Rich Fury/Getty Images for iHeartMedia) Chester Bennington of Linkin Park performs on stage at the iHeartRadio Album Release Party presented by State Farm at the iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles on in Burbank.