Yesterday the terrible sad news came in, that Linkin Park’s frontman Chester Bennington had committed suicide.
Pastor Bob Beeman reported the following “As I record this, the world has just learned of Chester Bennington‘s death. I would like to try to put this all in perspective.”
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Chester died of an apparent suicide by hanging yesterday (Thursday) morning. He was 41.
The coroner’s department is currently conducting a death investigation, with more information set for release later today.
Fans and celebrities took to social media Thursday to mourn the pasing of Bennington, who struggled with drug and alcohol addictions at various times during his life. He was married and is survived by six children.
Chester‘s Linkin Park bandmate Mike Shinoda confirmed reports of Bennington‘s death, tweeting: “Shocked and heartbroken, but it’s true. An official statement will come out as soon as we have one.”
According to TMZ, Chester was scheduled to join his bandmates for a photo shoot in Hollywood yesterday.
Sources told the site Chester arrived back in L.A. Wednesday from Arizona, where he and his wife were spending time.
One of Bennington‘s bandmates showed up at the singer’s Palos Verdes Estates home shortly after police arrived, according to the site. He said he was supposed to be driving Chester to the photo shoot and was “absolutely shocked.”
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