***Breaking news*** The Lead singer of Linkin Park, Chester Bennington, commits suicide

[Standing on business]

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.

Chester was very close with Chris Cornell, who himself committed suicide by hanging in May. Today would have been Cornell's 53rd birthday. Chester wrote an open letter to Chris on the day of Chris' suicide.

Bennington was 41.

RIP

Linkin Park Singer Chester Bennington Dead, Commits Suicide by Hanging

 

[Ohene]

damn. i thought Mike Shinoda was the lead. life.

 

[iBrowse]

 

[Rich Spirit]

Damn....

 

[315]

Guess he was serious about those wounds

 

[pawdalaw]

Sad, I liked their music.

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Whoa

 

[HookersandIceCream]

Damn the first two albums were soundtracks to my childhood.

 

[Standing on business]

Classic

 

[86\*/98]

Damn.

 

[MikeyC]

Damn.

He die from a papercut?

 

[Unknown Poster]

damn. i thought Mike Shinoda was the lead. life.

They were both lead. They had two lead singers. Mike was more the rapper Chester was the singer.

 

[zayk35]

And

 

[Marti]

Damn

Only white group i fukked with

 

[FSP]

damn. i thought Mike Shinoda was the lead. life.

holy fukk me too lol