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Linkin Park's Chester Bennington dead at 41 due to apparent suicide

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Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington has reportedly committed suicide at age 41, according to TMZ. Shortly after news broke, the L.A. County coroner confirmed to Associated Press that Bennington had died. According to TMZ, Bennington hanged himself at his Palos Verdes residence on Thursday, July 20.

Bennington struggled with drug and alcohol addictions at various times during his life. He was married and is survived by six children.

The band's most recent album, One More Light, topped the Billboard 200 earlier this year.

Linkin Park's massively popular 2000 debut, Hybrid Theory, introduced the world to their immaculately produced hybrid of alt-rock, metal and rap. Its follow-up, 2003's Meteora, became the first of the band's six chart-topping albums. Over the course of seven studio albums and a collaborative EP with JAY-Z, Linkin Park established itself as one of the biggest and most influential rock bands of the 21st century.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7873783/linkin-park-chester-bennington-suicide
 
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JaDed said:
Had a similar reaction when I came to know it,googled to confirm it,shocked honestly ,Linkin Park and Eminem were my go to during teenage rebellion times.
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Linkin park was the first English band I listened to.I used to have songs from Hybrid theory and Meteora all learnt by heart.
RIP
 
I become soo numb.......hearing this news...

Rip Chester. I can't believe that linkin park is no more now..

Him and Mike shinoda used to my favourite.
 
RIP, never listened to the band much but the In The End song was one of my favourite
 
Last ever tweet

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NewProfilePic?src=hash">#NewProfilePic</a> <a href="https://t.co/PAITXcOViU">pic.twitter.com/PAITXcOViU</a></p>— Chester Bennington (@ChesterBe) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChesterBe/status/882591644431896581">5 July 2017</a></blockquote>
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What the hell man? He was the frontman for stone temple pilots for a short stint. Chris Cornell went this year too. damn
 
maverick85 said:
What the hell man? He was the frontman for stone temple pilots for a short stint. Chris Cornell went this year too. damn
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Himself and Chris were very close friends apparently.

Don't think its a coincidence he's committed suicide the same day as Cornell's birthday....
 
Oh my god they were my childhood heroes can't believe this news.. Feel really sad hearing this..
 
RIP, their Reanimation remix album was really good, along with the other ones.
 
It's really unfortunate that circumstances forced him to take his life, whatever they might be.
 
Goes to show you can have everything in life but still not be satisfied. Really sad Lincoln Park was one of my favorite groups growing up...
 
Shocked.

I've been a huge fan all the way through.

Rest in peace, Chester Bennington.
 
RIP Chester......

Linkin Park was the band who got me really into music with their 1999/2000 albums......
 
"Cut my life" was my intro to rock music. ! Was he the main vocalist for all their songs ?

Sad to hear.
 
kaayal said:
Yep with Mike shinoda.
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In The End , Numb, New Divide, Cut My life, Paper Cut are my favorites in that order. I love their music, but never really went into knowing the people behind the brand.
 
SandyB said:
In The End , Numb, New Divide, Cut My life, Paper Cut are my favorites in that order. I love their music, but never really went into knowing the people behind the brand.
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By "Cut my life" do you mean Last Resort? It's by Papa Roach.
 
SandyB said:
In The End , Numb, New Divide, Cut My life, Paper Cut are my favorites in that order. I love their music, but never really went into knowing the people behind the brand.
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Are you confusing with Papa Roach last Resort by Cut my life into pieces song???
 
I like all their old songs- In the end, Breaking the habit, Faint, Numb, Papercut, Catalyst and many more.

Was not following the band lately...
 
Damn it. RIP rock n roll. They were the last rock band to really keep rock music alive in the mainstream during the noughties. Chester was a huge influence on a generation of kids who wanted to emulate his powerful gritty screams. Very sad news. I was at a restaurant today afternoon and they were playing the Meteora album and I still remembered all the lyrics whole singing along and I was tearing up. A sad day for me personally!
 
Linkin Park used to be good. Loved their music when I was in my early twenties. Still do. But after hybrid Theory, Reanimatuon and Meteora, their work kind of fizzled out.

Chet was a great talent though. I'm sad
 
My favorites were Krawlin', in the end, my December, with you, most of the stuff from the first one.
 
Sad that circumstances had forced him to take his life.Depression is a real thing.

I feel for his kids.
 
Everyone keeps saying how he saved them with his songs but in the end, no one could save him.
 
Waiting for the end to come
Wishing I had strength to stand
This is not what I had planned
It's out of my control
Flying at the speed of light
Thoughts we're spinning in my head
So many things were left unsaid
It's hard to let you go(Oh) I know what it takes to move on,
I know how it feels to lie,
All I wanna do
Is trade this life for something new
Holding on to what I haven't got

 
This sounds like his death note now...

Memories consume like opening the wounds
I'm picking me apart again
You all assume
I'm safe here in my room
Unless I try to start again
I don't want to be the one the battles always choose
'cause inside I realize that I'm the one confused

I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean
I don't know how I got this way
I know it's not alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit tonight

Clutching my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again
I hurt much more than any time before
I have no options left again
I don't want to be the one the battles always choose
'cause inside I realize that I'm the one confused

I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean
I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit tonight

I'll paint it on the walls
'cause I'm the one at fault
I'll never fight again
And this is how it ends

I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
But now I have some clarity to show you what I mean
I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit tonight
 
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