Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington is dead of an apparent suicide. He was 41.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ that the rock hitmaker hanged himself at a private residence in Palos Verdes Estates in L.A. County. His body was found Thursday morning.

The L.A. County coroner confirmed Bennington's death Thursday afternoon to the Associated Press.

Bennington was close to Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell, who also killed himself by hanging earlier this year. Bennington performed "Hallelujah" at the singer's funeral and often spoke of their friendship; Thursday would have been Cornell's 53rd birthday.

"[My wife] told me my friend has just passed away," Bennington wrote in May. "Thoughts of you flooded my mind and I wept. I'm 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."

Bennington also reportedly struggled with drugs and alcohol abuse and talked before of suicidal thoughts.

Bennington was the lead singer Linkin Park and Dead by Sunrise. He also performed as the lead vocalist for Stone Temple Pilots from 2013 to 2015; original STP frontman Scott Weiland was forced out of the band in 2013 and died of a drug overdose in 2015.

With Linkin Park, Bennington was the voice of rock hits like "In the End," "Crawling," "Numb," "What I've Done," "Bleed It Out" and recent single "Heavy." The band had five No. 1 albums and won two Grammys, including one for the Jay Z mashup song "Numb/Encore."

Bennington also collaborated as a solo artist with Cornell, Santana, Motley Crue, DJ Z-Trip and Handsome Boy Modeling School.

He briefly tried acting, appearing in "Saw 3D" and both "Crank" movies. "Crank" and "Crank: High Voltage" were co-written and directed by Watertown native Mark B. Neveldine.

Bennington is survived by his second wife, Talinda, and six children.