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Linkin Park frontman commits suicide

Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington committed suicide Thursday morning, according to TMZ. He was 41.

Law enforcement insiders told the site Bennington hanged himself at a private home in Palos Verdes Estates in Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles County coroner confirmed that he was found dead at his home.

Bennington’s tragic death Thursday also marks what would have been his close friend Chris Cornell‘s 53rd birthday. The Audioslave frontman took his own life earlier this spring. Bennington penned an emotional letter to Cornell on the day of his death, and performed Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” at the funeral services in late May.

Bennington is survived by his wife, Talinda Ann Bentley, and his six children, three with Bentley and three from two previous relationships.

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The band’s co-founder and producer Mike Shinoda said on Twitter he was “shocked and saddened.”

“Chester 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 band-mates and his many friends,” Warner Bros. Records CEO and Chairman Cameron Stang said in a statement.

Reps for Linkin Park did not immediately return our request for comment. The band is scheduled to perform on July 27 in Massachusetts.

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