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According to a disturbing report on TMZ, Linkin Park singer and frontman Chester Bennington has committed suicide.
The 41-year-old member of the American rock band was reportedly found dead in a private Palos Verdes residence in Los Angeles. The shocking news was confirmed by the L.A. County coroner, telling Associated Press that Bennington had died. According to TMZ, Bennington hanged himself at his residence on Thursday, July 20 and was found just before 9 AM.
Bennington struggled with drug and alcohol addictions at various times during his life.
Prior to his death, the singer had a history of drug and alcohol abuse and struggled to stay focused. He’s survived by six children from his two marriages. He had been married to his second wife Talinda Ann Bentley, a former Playboy model, for 12 years.
More facts about the Linkin Park singer Chester’s death
Chester was very close with Soundgarden rocker Chris Cornell, who also committed suicide by hanging in May. Chester wrote an open letter to Chris on the day of Chris’ suicide and today would have been Cornell’s 53rd birthday.
The frontman had been open about his history of substance abuse. He once admitted in an interview in 2011 that he had once been a ‘full blown, raging alcoholic’. Apparently, his struggles with substance abuse was that deep.
The Linkin Park singer also spoke out about considering suicide in the past as he was being sexually abused as a seven-year-old. According to Chester, he had been molested by an older male friend.
“If I think back to when i was really young, to when i was being molested, to when all these horrible things were going on around me, I shudder,”he said at the time.
Linkin Park was set to start touring at the end of July following the release of the bands latest album One More Light which topped Billboard 200 earlier this year.
