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| Chester Charles Bennington (March 20, 1976--July 20, 2017) |
Chester Charles Bennington, an American singer and songwriter best known as the frontman for the rock band Linkin Park. Bennington first gained prominence as a vocalist following the release of Linkin Park's debut album, Hybrid Theory in 2000, which became a commercial success. It was the best selling debut album of the decade, as well as one of the few albums ever to hit that many sales. Linkin Park's following studio albums, from Meteora to One More Light continued the band's success.
On July 20, 2017, Bennington was found dead in his home in Palos Verdes Estates, California, from suicide by hanging.
His housekeeper discovered his body around 9:00 am PDT on July 20, 2017. Mike Shinoda confirmed his death on Twitter, writing, "Shocked and heartbroken, but it's true. An official statement will come out as soon as we have one." On July 21, Brian Elias, the chief of operations for the office of the medical examiner coroner, confirmed that a half full bottle of alcohol was found at the scene, but no other drugs were present. The band announced that they had canceled the North American leg of their One More Light Tour following Bennington's death and that ticket will be refunded.
Bennington's death occured on what would have been Chris Cornell's 53rd birthday. Cornell, who was a close friend of Bennington, had also died of suicide by hanging two months prior. Shinoda noted that Bennington was very emotional when the band performed "One More Light" in his honour, where he could not finish singing the song, be it in rehearsal or in a live performance setting. Bennington sand Leonard Cohen's song "Hallelujah" at Cornell's funeral. He was also the godfather of Cornell's son Christopher
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