Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington, a two-time Grammy Award winner whose screaming lyrics propelled the Southern California-based Nu-Metal band to more than 70 million record sales, was found dead Thursday in his Palos Verdes Estates home.

Coroner’s officials are investigating the death as a suicide, reportedly by hanging.

“Shocked and heartbroken, but it’s true,” band member Mike Shinoda tweeted.

A housekeeper reportedly discovered Bennington’s body shortly before 9 a.m. in the home in the 2800 block of Via Victoria, Palos Verdes Estates police Capt. Mark Velez said.

Neighbors said Bennington, 41, had moved into the two-story house about six weeks ago. Property records show the home sold for $2.4 million on May 26.

Dave Myers, who lives across the street, said Bennington “seemed to be a real personable, nice guy.” Just last weekend, he said, Bennington suggested their families get together for dinner.

Police would neither confirm nor deny a published report that the singer hanged himself. Officers responding to the home in the exclusive enclave did not find a suicide note, Velez said.

By midday, Palos Verdes Estates police advised residents that helicopters hovering over the community were from Los Angeles media outlets. Someone inside hung blankets in the windows to shield the interior from a media swarm that formed outside.

Police said coroner’s investigators removed Bennington’s body after noon.

Bennington, also the former lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots, had six children from two wives. He and his current wife, Talinda Bentley, had been married 11 years.

Bennington had spoken openly about his struggles with drugs and alcohol.

“My whole life I’ve just found myself a little off,” he told Music Choice, a company that programs music for cable TV, in a video posted on YouTube.

Pointing at his head, he said, “This is like a bad neighborhood and I should not go walking alone. … Most of my problems are problems I cause myself.”

In a statement, Cameron Strang, CEO and chairman of Warner Bros. Records, said Bennington “was an artist of extraordinary talent and charisma, and a human being with a huge heart and a caring soul.”

“Our thoughts and prayers are with his beautiful family, his bandmates and his many friends,” Strang said. “All of us at WBR join with millions of grieving fans around the world in saying: We love you Chester and you will be forever missed.”

Death follows Chris Cornell’s

Bennington’s death came on what would have been the 53rd birthday of his close friend, Soundgarden and Audioslave singer Chris Cornell, who hanged himself in a Detroit hotel room on May 17.

Bennington reportedly sang “Hallelujah” at Cornell’s star-studded funeral at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

In a tribute posted to Twitter the day after Cornell’s death, Bennington said he was “still weeping, with sadness, as well as gratitude for having shared some very special moments with you and your beautiful family.

“You have inspired me in many ways you could never have known. Your talent was pure and unrivaled. Your voice was joy and pain, anger and forgiveness, love and heartache all wrapped up into one. I suppose that’s what we all are. You helped me understand that.

“I can’t imagine a world without you in it. I pray you find peace in the next life. I send my love to your wife and children, friends and family. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your life.”

‘He gave back a lot’

Bennington performed in the South Bay last year for charity.

He was a headliner and guest coach for a “Sweat for a Cause” workout charity at the Torrance Batting Cages in December 2016 benefiting “Music for Relief,” an organization Linkin Park started to aid survivors of natural disasters around the world.

In March 2016, Bennington headlined a “From Classic to Rock” concert with singer Gary Wright and other performers at the Norris Theatre in Rolling Hills Estates that raised $50,000 for the Peninsula Education Foundation.

Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified Superintendent Don Austin confirmed Bennington had children in the school system.

“All day I’ve been receiving calls and texts from people expressing their sadness for the loss of someone who, anyone who knows him would describe as a great guy, and our interactions together were the same,” Austin said. “It was very clear that being a dad was more important to him than anything else. Our thoughts are with his family.”

Robin Fontenot, a dog walker in Palos Verdes Estates, visited Bennington’s home Thursday afternoon to pay her respects to a resident she described as generous both to his family and the community.

“It’s sad. It’s really sad,” said Fontenot, who ran into Bennington around town at a local gym and shopping center.

She said her daughter went to school with Bennington’s son at Ridgecrest Intermediate School.

“He was really involved with his kids from what I understand,” she said. “He gave back a lot. He really gave back a lot.”

Linkin Park’s last concert was July 6 in Birmingham, England. The performance marked the end of a tour that took the band through London and Greenwich, as well as to Belgium, Hungary, Spain, the Netherlands and Italy in June.

A United States tour is scheduled to begin Thursday at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Linkin Park also is scheduled to play the Hollywood Bowl on Oct. 22. The status of those performances is unknown.

Band formed in mid-1990s

The band formed in Agoura Hills in the mid-1990s without Bennington, who grew up in Arizona. After he joined the band, Linkin Park gained prominence in the Los Angeles scene.

The band’s debut major-label album “Hybrid Theory” in 2000 launched Bennington and his bandmates into homes around the world with radio and MTV airplay for hits such as “One Step Closer” and “In the End.”

For nearly two decades, Linkin Park was a staple on alt-rock radio, including Southern California behemoth KROQ 106.7 FM, The top-selling act packed arenas and headlined multi-day festivals.

Ariana Cerella, a longtime fan of the band, stood outside Bennington’s home Thursday, having learned about the singer’s death from friends at Gardena High School. She asked her mother to take her home from campus once she heard the news.

“I didn’t want to believe it,” she said.

Instead, her mother drove her to the Palos Verdes Estates home, where she said she wanted to pay her respects.

Neil Portnow, president and CEO of The Recording Academy, said the world had lost a “truly dynamic member of the music community.

“As the cutting-edge lead vocalist of Linkin Park, Chester’s powerful range, paired with his impressive songwriting skills, made him a bona fide hard rock hero,” Portnow said. “His riveting stage presence made every live performance magnetic, earning him millions of fans around the globe.”

The academy paid tribute to Bennington at the 2013 MusiCares MAP Fund benefit concert, where he helped raise money to assist people in the music industry deal with addiction.

Staff writers Megan Barnes and Vanessa Franko contributed to this report.