# Chester Bennington, lead singer of Linkin Park, commits suicide **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chester-bennington-lead-singer-of-linkin-park-commits-suicide/791746 "2017-07-20T18:47:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chester-bennington-lead-singer-of-linkin-park-commits-suicide/791746/1 "2017-07-20T18:47:11Z")
[Story here](http://people.com/music/chester-bennington-dead-suicide/) LP headlined the first REAL concert I ever went to, and their first two albums were off-the-charts good to me. Their newest album wasn’t regarded very high and he seemed quite offended by it, I hope the backlash wasn’t a key reason. Either way, it’s a loss for music. ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chester-bennington-lead-singer-of-linkin-park-commits-suicide/791746/2 "2017-07-20T19:03:11Z")
Sad news. RIP Chester. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chester-bennington-lead-singer-of-linkin-park-commits-suicide/791746/3 "2017-07-20T19:05:15Z")
I always mix up _Linkin Park_ and _Limp Bizkit._ So my first thought was, “Eh…” ---
**Author:** ![cgg419](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cgg419/32/2847_2.png) [@cgg419](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cgg419)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chester-bennington-lead-singer-of-linkin-park-commits-suicide/791746/4 "2017-07-20T19:08:57Z")
Another huge shock. Never was a big Linkin Park fan, but loved Hybrid Theory when it came out. Really respected his vocal abilities as I got older as well, this is another big loss. [Chester Bennington - Rolling In The Deep (Acoustic Adele cover)](https://youtu.be/09fZ6AxMMq0) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chester-bennington-lead-singer-of-linkin-park-commits-suicide/791746/5 "2017-07-20T19:11:16Z")
Both vocalists for Stone Temple Pilots are now dead, both withing about a year and a half of each other. Huh. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chester-bennington-lead-singer-of-linkin-park-commits-suicide/791746/6 "2017-07-20T20:18:57Z")
> [@Clawdio](#): > > Sad news. RIP Chester. Sad. But he left six kids. I can’t imagine. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chester-bennington-lead-singer-of-linkin-park-commits-suicide/791746/7 "2017-07-20T21:24:05Z")
He sang Cohen’s “Hallelujah” at Chris Cornell’s funeral. I wonder if Cornell taking his own life might have inspired him to do likewise. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chester-bennington-lead-singer-of-linkin-park-commits-suicide/791746/8 "2017-07-20T21:25:26Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Sad. But he left six kids. I can’t imagine. And he was godfather to Chris Cornell’s son. By the way, apparently Bennington took his own life on what would have been Cornell’s birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chester-bennington-lead-singer-of-linkin-park-commits-suicide/791746/9 "2017-07-20T22:10:27Z")
I appreciated his work more as I got older. I was sorry to hear this today. I always wonder about suicides as well, if more could have been done. I am sorry for the pain he was in and the pain his friends and family are in now. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chester-bennington-lead-singer-of-linkin-park-commits-suicide/791746/10 "2017-07-20T22:11:35Z")
Damn that’s terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chester-bennington-lead-singer-of-linkin-park-commits-suicide/791746/11 "2017-07-20T22:13:52Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > He sang Cohen’s “Hallelujah” at Chris Cornell’s funeral. > > I wonder if Cornell taking his own life might have inspired him to do likewise. > [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > And he was godfather to Chris Cornell’s son. > > By the way, apparently Bennington took his own life on what would have been Cornell’s birthday. I heard that Chris was Chester’s best friend. As noted above, he killed himself on Cornell’s birthday as well as supposedly leaving a note…to Chris Cornell. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chester-bennington-lead-singer-of-linkin-park-commits-suicide/791746/12 "2017-07-20T22:27:28Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I heard that Chris was Chester’s best friend. As noted above, he killed himself on Cornell’s birthday as well as supposedly leaving a note…to Chris Cornell. The note left for Cornell was written about 2 months ago, right around when Cornell committed suicide. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chester-bennington-lead-singer-of-linkin-park-commits-suicide/791746/13 "2017-07-20T22:40:43Z")
RIP I met him once, backstage at Ozzfest. He was kind and generous with his time. He didn’t know me or why I was there, but he sat and talked with people till it was time to shit an git. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chester-bennington-lead-singer-of-linkin-park-commits-suicide/791746/14 "2018-04-04T13:46:40Z")
Update: Linkin Park is auctioning off a lot of gear on [Reverb.com](http://Reverb.com): [https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/03/entertainment/linkin-park-instruments-sale/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/03/entertainment/linkin-park-instruments-sale/index.html) > [@](#): > > (CNN)Linkin Park fans can own a bit of history and raise money for charity. > > More than 200 of the group’s instruments are being sold to benefit Music for Relief, an Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) program founded by the rock band. The sale starts Wednesday. > The nonprofit provides aid to people and communities affected by natural disasters. > According to Reverb, the site hosting the sale, the instruments “have been retired from regular use in the studio and on the road by Linkin Park over their more than 15-year career.”