Chester Bennington (41) lead singer of Linkin Park, has been found dead by a employee on Thursday in his house. The death is been confirmed as a suicide, no note has been found.
It is known that Bennington had struggled in the past with drugs and alcohol, and admitted to suicidal thoughts in the past stemming from childhood trauma.
Bennington was close friends with Chris Cornell, who committed suicide earlier this year and would have celebrated his 53rd birthday on Thursday.