Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington Dies

Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington Dies - Chester Bennington, the lead singer of US rap-rock band Linkin Park, has reportedly committed suicide.

Entertainment news outlet TMZ first reported that Bennington, 41, hanged himself at a residence in Los Angeles. Law enforcement sources told TMZ that the singer’s body was found on the morning of July 20.

Bennington, the father of six children, was married twice – first to Samantha Marie Olit in 1996, and then to Talinda Ann Bentley in 2005.

Linkin Park performed in Malaysia twice – in 2003 and 2013. The band’s first concert in Kuala Lumpur pulled a massive 25,000 crowd to Stadium Merdeka. The Star Online reported that year that Linkin Park personally chose KL as its only stop in South-East Asia as a way to thank Malaysian fans for their unending support.