OT Chester Bennington Dead

[B1GEast]

Suicide

 

[TampaHusky78]

Who?

 

[PomonaHusky]

Rest in Peace Chester!

First Chris Cornell, now his good friend Chester...
My heart is heavy.

Lead singer - Linkin Park

 

[whaler11]

Thoughts and prayers

 

[Kemba'sYogurt]

Wow. One of my favorite bands ever. Rip Chester!

 

[UConnStats]

Depression has a higher death rate than prostate cancer.

I hope the world keeps changing its perception of mental illness, people start getting better help, and stop being afraid or embarrassed to ask for it. RIP

 

[UCDaveD]

He tried so hard, and got so far, but in the end, it didn't even matter. RIP

 

[navery12]

This hit me hard, Linkin Park was the band that first really got me into music. Can't help but think it's no coincidence that he committed suicide on his good friend Chris Cornell's birthday

I truly hope the stigma around mental health continues to change and it's viewed as something you try to fix. This is something I've felt strongly about for a long time. If something was feeling off with any other part of your body, you'd go see a doctor. As a society we need to make people realize the same is true of your brain/mental health

 

[BUConn10]

Hits hard for the '90's kids, RIP.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Rest in Peace Chester!

First Chris Cornell, now his good friend Chester...
My heart is heavy.

Lead singer - Linkin Park

On Cornell's birthday.

 

[intlzncster]

While there's no excuse for suicide, the guy was sexually abused and beat on as a kid. Former meth head. Guy had six kids of his own too.

Bennington had reportedly performed Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" at Cornell's memorial service.

 

[superjohn]

While there's no excuse for suicide, the guy was sexually abused and beat on as a kid. Former meth head. Guy had six kids of his own too.

Bennington had reportedly performed Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" at Cornell's memorial service.

No excuse for suicide? That's a strange thing to say.

He was godfather to one of Cornell's kids.

 

[Kemba'sYogurt]

He tried so hard, and got so far, but in the end, it didn't even matter. RIP

Well said.

 

[aceboon]

Didn't really listen to them much after their first two albums but the hits and big budget videos from those two albums bring back memories and nostalgia of high school. Sad to leave behind 6 kids like that.

 

[Tommyboy]

Damn. I wore out those first two CDs when they came out. So sad. As someone directly affected by suicide I feel for his children.

RIP dude.

 

[champs99and04]

No excuse for suicide? That's a strange thing to say.

He was godfather to one of Cornell's kids.

I took it as him saying there were probably other factors.

I agree with @UConnStats sentiment wholeheartedly, but suicide has effected the music/performance/art industry so severely that I think there's more going on than just a stigma. There's something fundamentally different about the way the brain of a lot of artists works. Medication and therapy help, but you're never going to extinguish all of it without taking away some of what makes them great.

 

[UConnSwag11]

I took it as him saying there were probably other factors.

I agree with @UConnStats sentiment wholeheartedly, but suicide has effected the music/performance/art industry so severely that I think there's more going on than just a stigma. There's something fundamentally different about the way the brain of a lot of artists works. Medication and therapy help, but you're never going to extinguish all of it without taking away some of what makes them great.

The death of Chris Cornell really really hurt him. Chester died on Chris's birthday and was The Godfather to one of Chris's children

 

[intlzncster]

Bennington had reportedly performed Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" at Cornell's memorial service.

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