How Did Chester Bennington Die?
Most fans already know that the timing of Chester Bennington’s suicide was (most likely) on purpose, as he died on Chris Cornell’s birthday (Cornell would have been 53). It’s also hard to ignore their method of choice. Like Cornell, he too committed suicide by hanging on July 20, 2017, in his Palos Verdes Estates home in LA County.
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It was a week before Linkin Park was to embark on their North American tour. Bennington was 41, married and a father of six. He had just returned from a vacation in Arizona with his wife, Talinda, and the kids, but he came home alone. He needed to work, he said.