Chester Bennington of Linkin Park commits suicide

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41 years old. Hung himself. Leaves behind 6 kids.

Extremely saddened by this news, as Linkin Park was one of my favorite bands in high school.
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Just saw that as well... today was Chris Cornell's 53rd birthday and apparently those two were close.
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another talent lost to everyone

I know he had drug problems in the past but thought he was cleaned up ... apparently still had demons of some kind
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Boris13c wrote:another talent lost to everyone

I know he had drug problems in the past but thought he was cleaned up ... apparently still had demons of some kind
He was abused as a kid by an older man (take that for what you will) and I think he struggled with that greatly.
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G08 wrote:
Boris13c wrote:another talent lost to everyone

I know he had drug problems in the past but thought he was cleaned up ... apparently still had demons of some kind
He was abused as a kid by an older man (take that for what you will) and I think he struggled with that greatly.

well that is bad, but if it was as a kid, that was over 30 years ago ... would that have really been what set him off now?
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Boris13c wrote:
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Boris13c wrote:another talent lost to everyone

I know he had drug problems in the past but thought he was cleaned up ... apparently still had demons of some kind
He was abused as a kid by an older man (take that for what you will) and I think he struggled with that greatly.

well that is bad, but if it was as a kid, that was over 30 years ago ... would that have really been what set him off now?
He's struggled with it for a while from what I understand... traumatic experiences like that as a kid have a really unfortunate impact on one's psyche. It can be dormant for years and then the littlest of things can trigger bouts of depression, etc. I think Cornell killing himself really fucked him up and my guess is today was just too much for him to bear.
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I loved Linkin Park, went to see them a few years ago in Tinley Park.

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