<p><img title="Chester Bennington. Pic/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/jul/chester-suicide.jpg" alt="Chester Bennington. Pic/AFP" /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>Chester Bennington. Pic/AFP</strong></em></span></p>
<p>Chester Bennington, lead singer for rock band Linkin Park, has died and his death is being investigated as a possible suicide, authorities said Thursday. He was 41.</p>
<p>Responding to a call, police found Bennington dead Thursday morning at his home in Palos Verdes Estates, Xinhua reported while quoting Brian Elias, chief of operations for the Los Angeles County coroner's office.</p>
<p>The singer battled addictions to drugs and alcohol over the years and acknowledged having contemplated suicide as a youth after being sexually molested.</p>
<p>Bennington was close to Soundgarden front man Chris Cornell, who died in May of an apparent suicide.</p>
<p>Thursday would have been Cornell's 53rd birthday.</p>
<p>Founded in 1996, Linkin Park made seven albums and had hits with songs including "In the End" and "Crawling." Their latest release, "One More Light" debuted at No 1 on the Billboard album chart.</p>
<p>In addition to his work with Linkin Park, Bennington did a stint as lead vocalist with Stone Temple Pilot.</p>
<p>The twice-married Bennington is survived by six children.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; color: #ff0000;"><strong>Tributes pour in on Twitter</strong></span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shocked and heartbroken, but it's true. An official statement will come out as soon as we have one.</p>
&mdash; Mike Shinoda (@mikeshinoda) <a href="https://twitter.com/mikeshinoda/status/888112045190561793">20 July 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh dear God. Massive R.I.P to Chester Bennington of <a href="https://twitter.com/linkinpark">@linkinpark</a> this BREAKS OUR HEART. Suicide is the devil on earth walking amongst us u00f0u009fu0098u009e</p>
&mdash; OneRepublic (@OneRepublic) <a href="https://twitter.com/OneRepublic/status/888103112602505216">July 20, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chester had 6 kids. If anyone out there thinks the world is better without you. You are so unspeakably wrong on every level. Get help plz</p>
&mdash; OneRepublic (@OneRepublic) <a href="https://twitter.com/OneRepublic/status/888104190127595524">July 20, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">u00f0u009fu0099u008f to u and your families <a href="https://t.co/VS7AzcutPT">https://t.co/VS7AzcutPT</a></p>
&mdash; OneRepublic (@OneRepublic) <a href="https://twitter.com/OneRepublic/status/888115342672764933">July 20, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">no words. so heartbroken. RIP Chester Bennington.</p>
&mdash; Imagine Dragons (@Imaginedragons) <a href="https://twitter.com/Imaginedragons/status/888101160984469504">20 July 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chester was one of the kindest men I've had on my show. My heart breaks for his family and friends. He will be missed terribly.</p>
&mdash; Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/888100651217047552">20 July 2017</a></blockquote>
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