Rushman14 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 (edited) What the hell? RIP Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington has committed suicide ... TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell us the singer hanged himself at a private residence in Palos Verdes Estates in L.A. County. His body was discovered Thursday just before 9 AM. Chester was married with 6 children from 2 wives. The singer struggled with drugs and alcohol for years. He had said in the past he had considered committing suicide because he had been abused as a child by an older male. Edited July 20, 2017 by Rushman14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 People just get tired of struggling the older they get. Hope he found peace finally. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boots Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Jesus F**k is all I have to say. I really loved that man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 I wasn't a fan, but this is very sad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 I've only just seen this - I'm completely shocked. I hope he's found peace. Rest in peace... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Can't say i was a fan..........life can get to be to much. especially if one chooses any path of fame. i hope he found peace. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 You never recover from abuse. I didn't need to read this today. His lyrics I've used to help recover many times over the years. I need a break from the internet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KW84 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 He was friends with Chris Cornell and sang at his funeral.Today is what would have been Chris' 53rd birthday. Rest in Peace Chester and Chris 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 What the hell? RIP Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington has committed suicide ... TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell us the singer hanged himself at a private residence in Palos Verdes Estates in L.A. County. His body was discovered Thursday just before 9 AM. Chester was married with 6 children from 2 wives. The singer struggled with drugs and alcohol for years. He had said in the past he had considered committing suicide because he had been abused as a child by an older male.With that last bit of info, I worry about details that may follow... :( Very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 He was friends with Chris Cornell and sang at his funeral.Today is what would have been Chris' 53rd birthday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfgvqXbNs94 Rest in Peace Chester and Chris Oh, man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Ok i don't know how i missed the abuse part. but that shit destroys. Mick 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 My heart goes out to his children... ...very sad, indeed. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Even though I found them to be Creed to Deftones' Pearl Jam regarding that post punk nu metal fusion, I liked a few songs like Crawling, Numb and Somewhere I Belong. Sad that it's on the day of Cornells birthday since they were friends and he sang Hallelujah at his funeral. To paraphrase The Cure, "Over and over (they) die one after the other." It's an unfortunate cycle. RIP Even though it's not Chester, I liked Shinodas scores for the two Raid movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadoood Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Very sad. I wasn't a fan of them, but I did enjoy a few tunes, and they had quite a following. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leanne Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 I'm still having a hard time believing this. Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park band member) tweeted and said it was true. Linkin Park were on my concert bucket list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 I was planning on seeing them next month just because I haven't had a chance yet. Sad to see this especially with 6 kids left behind. Money and success don't get you happiness, that's for sure. Here's a link to one of my favorite LP songs that you probably haven't heard before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Never heard of him before actually. I've heard of the band of course but that's it. RIP though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 http://radio.com/2017/05/18/chester-bennington-chris-cornell-letter/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushman14 Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 He was friends with Chris Cornell and sang at his funeral.Today is what would have been Chris' 53rd birthday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfgvqXbNs94 Rest in Peace Chester and Chris Oh, man... "in the end it doesn't really matter" unless you have 6 kids :( 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushman14 Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 Very sad. I wasn't a fan of them, but I did enjoy a few tunes, and they had quite a following. RIP DOOD I think it's time to fix your signature 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 He was friends with Chris Cornell and sang at his funeral.Today is what would have been Chris' 53rd birthday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfgvqXbNs94 Rest in Peace Chester and Chris Oh, man... "in the end it doesn't really matter" unless you have 6 kids :(I've lost patience and empathy with people like Chris and Chester who choose to take their lives despite having all the means and family support to get through their struggles. How many kids do you need to have to convince you not to kill yourself? There's nothing romantic or poetic about the 'rockstar suicide'...it's just selfish self-delusional bullshit. Your kids don't care about your rockstar status...they'd be fine if you just quit and became couch potato dad. Instead, at some point during their grieving /recovery process, they are probably going to think of you as a selfish dick. Chester, this was totally a copycat suicide of Chris's and you had two months to get help. That's f***ing lame to leave your 6 kids behind like this. It's one thing to do the final deed if your physical health is seriously declining or you don't have the support or means to help you. But I'm not finding sympathy when there's so many thousands of people that are worse off, but still fight the fight every day. Not the most politically correct post but so be it. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 (edited) He was friends with Chris Cornell and sang at his funeral.Today is what would have been Chris' 53rd birthday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfgvqXbNs94 Rest in Peace Chester and Chris Oh, man... "in the end it doesn't really matter" unless you have 6 kids :(I've lost patience and empathy with people like Chris and Chester who choose to take their lives despite having all the means and family support to get through their struggles. How many kids do you need to have to convince you not to kill yourself? There's nothing romantic or poetic about the 'rockstar suicide'...it's just selfish self-delusional bullshit. Your kids don't care about your rockstar status...they'd be fine if you just quit and became couch potato dad. Instead, at some point during their grieving /recovery process, they are probably going to think of you as a selfish dick. Chester, this was totally a copycat suicide of Chris's and you had two months to get help. That's f***ing lame to leave your 6 kids behind like this. It's one thing to do the final deed if your physical health is seriously declining or you don't have the support or means to help you. But I'm not finding sympathy when there's so many thousands of people that are worse off, but still fight the fight every day. Not the most politically correct post but so be it. I agree with you completely. Edited July 20, 2017 by Lorraine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Don't judge another person's demons. Count yourself lucky you aren't rock bottom. Suicide is evil but that doesn't mean you should judge the victim. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 He was friends with Chris Cornell and sang at his funeral.Today is what would have been Chris' 53rd birthday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfgvqXbNs94 Rest in Peace Chester and Chris Oh, man... "in the end it doesn't really matter" unless you have 6 kids :(I've lost patience and empathy with people like Chris and Chester who choose to take their lives despite having all the means and family support to get through their struggles. How many kids do you need to have to convince you not to kill yourself? There's nothing romantic or poetic about the 'rockstar suicide'...it's just selfish self-delusional bullshit. Your kids don't care about your rockstar status...they'd be fine if you just quit and became couch potato dad. Instead, at some point during their grieving /recovery process, they are probably going to think of you as a selfish dick. Chester, this was totally a copycat suicide of Chris's and you had two months to get help. That's f***ing lame to leave your 6 kids behind like this. It's one thing to do the final deed if your physical health is seriously declining or you don't have the support or means to help you. But I'm not finding sympathy when there's so many thousands of people that are worse off, but still fight the fight every day. Not the most politically correct post but so be it. I completely understand where you're coming from here. But this death and Cornell's just goes to show you that no amount of money, fame or family can help someone who has deep mental and emotional issues that they just can't overcome. Who's to say Chester didn't do everything he could to get himself well but nothing ever helped. I didn't know about the abuse he experienced as a kid. But unless someone has experienced that themselves, we have no idea what kind of inner torture he was carrying all these years. Obviously, what that was must have become too much for him. If six kids and millions of adoring fans couldn't turn him away from taking his own life then nothing was gonna save him. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakesideShark Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 I was planning on seeing them next month just because I haven't had a chance yet. Sad to see this especially with 6 kids left behind. Money and success don't get you happiness, that's for sure. Here's a link to one of my favorite LP songs that you probably haven't heard before.http://youtu.be/Ck7Vfwo65NIThat has actually been my favorite Linkin Park song since 2011. I'm glad you posted it. :] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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