RIP Chester Bennington lead singer of Linkin Park

Unless you've been utterly depressed; you can't really know the pit of helplessness you can find yourself in. Breathing seems like chore. Part of you can want all the help in the world, but asking for it, or even accepting it can be impossible. I don't say this to be mean or exclusive. Rather, I'm happy you have no idea how these guys with everything can commit suicide. It means you've never been down that dark rabbit hole.

 

I respectfully disagree. Otherwise you would not have said you have no more sympathy. Everybody is different. These aren't people who are doing it to get attention. They're quite famous, they don't need attention. This is a serious mental disorder that rivals any physical malady.

 

Way to leave your six kids with out a dad dirtbag. I feel for his family

 

There's definitely different extents of depression. I've dealt with varying levels myself and the only thing that kept me going is that there's no reset button. For some, that's not enough. Everyone handles things differently and there's no "blanket solution."

 

I won tickets to a linkin park show

Adema opened for them, then Cypress hill came out and was bitchin
Linkin park came out We only stayed for 4 songs and left. The only concert I ever walked out of. it was the worst crap i have ever heard.

 

the first one of these that really shook me was Shannon Hoon. Layne Staley was tough too. for some dark humor with my friends we used to joke about when it was going to be Scott Weiland's time.

shouldering the challenge of balancing fantastic skill of expression and reconciling the shit things in this world. RIP Bennington.

 

I saw the newsflash for this just before getting on a plane, so I couldnt read what happened.

Sad to hear. Always thought he had an amazing voice. Shadow of the day comes to mind where he was singing softly.

 

Drugs, alcohol & depression are a mutha fucker.

 

Right in the childhood... Hybrid Theory stayed in the CD player of my 1996 Taurus for months at a time.

 

Hybrid theory is one of the 6 discs (yes i still use cds) in my cd player right now. Has been in there for months.

 

RIP bruh

 

Damn this sucks

 

Bummer RIP Chester
Linkin Park one of my favorites

 

Saw them live in Japan a few years back, hell of a show. Been a fan since hybrid theory. Sad to hear this.


Blue skies and fair winds, Chester. You will be missed.

 

This makes it even more of a sad story

Chester Bennington's Wife Says She Cheated On Husband

UPDATE: 1:12 am EDT – Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington's wife Talinda Ann Bentley took to Twitter once again early Friday, moments after deleting her tweets in which she confessed to cheating on her husband with bandmate Mike Shinoda.

In the latest tweet, Talinda said she “encouraged him to kill himself I told him no one cared.”

Original Story:

In a shocking turn events in the apparent suicide of Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, his wife Talinda Ann Bentley confessed on Twitter that she was cheating on her husband with band member Mike Shinoda.

"I guess this is the time to say it but I have been cheating on Chester with Mike Shinoda....," Talinda wrote. "I never really loved him and I'm not hacked I just was in love with the money hurts to say," she said in another tweet. However, the tweets were immediately taken down.

Read: Who Is Talinda Ann Bentley?

It is unclear whether Bentley's messages were an emotional outburst or if her Twitter account was hacked.

Screenshot of Chester Bennington's wife Talinda Bentley's now-deleted tweets. Photo: Twitter screenshot

Bennington's wife not only revealed that she was cheating on her 41-year-old husband but also fuelled rumors about his untimely death. “He didn’t kill himself, he was already did [sic] before he hung himself, I have proof..,” she wrote.

Bennington hanged himself at a private residence in Palos Verdes Estates, California, where his body was found. He is survived by his six children, Jaime, with former girlfriend Elka Brand, adopted son Isaiah, son Draven with first wife Samantha Marie Olit, and children Tyler Lee and twins Lily and Lila with his second wife, Talinda.

Mike Shinoda, an original founder of the band in 1996, is married to author Anna Hillinger since 2003 and the couple have two children together. The 40-year-old had earlier paid tribute to the late singer, saying he was "shocked and heartbroken" by Bennington's death.

Shinoda produced and co-wrote much of Linkin Park’s music and was also part of the band's latest album, “One More Light,” which was released May 19. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Shinoda has not yet responded to Talinda's tweets or about the alleged cheating.

Talinda's now-deleted tweets early Friday were the first time she spoke out following the death of her husband, who had been fighting drug and alcohol abuse. While the tweets did raise some eyebrows, it is unclear if there was any conspiracy behind his death.

Read: Chester Bennington’s Wife Talinda Bentley Tweets He ‘Didn’t Kill Himself’

Bennington got involved with drugs before he was a teenager. “I started using drugs when I was 11,” he had said previously. “I definitely wasn’t making records at that time. I was exposed to it really young and there were a lot of things that happened to me as a young person that were really difficult for me to deal with. I found myself alone a lot.”

This is a developing story.

 

If it's true and her account wasn't hacked.

Edit: The couple was also a part of a hack when the married some years ago.