Chester Bennington Wrote Chris Cornell A Heartbreaking Letter After He Killed Himself

Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington and Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell share a tragic similarity in that they both apparently committed suicide by hanging themselves. Two months before Bennington’s suspected suicide, the Linkin Park star penned a heartbreaking letter to his friend after he was found dead in Detroit hotel room May 18.

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His full letter to Cornell has been posted below:

"I dreamt about the Beatles last night. I woke up with Rocky Raccoon playing in my head and a concerned look my wife’s face. She told me my friend had just passed away. Thoughts of you flooded my mind and I wept. I’m still weeping, with sadness, as well as gratitude for having shared some very special moments with you and your beautiful family. You have inspired me in many ways you could never have known. Your talent was pure and unrivalled. your voice was joy and pain, anger and forgiveness, love and heartache all wrapped up into one. I suppose that’s what we all are. You helped me understand that. I just watched a video oof you singing “A Day In The Life” by the Beatles and thought of my dream. I’d like to think you were saying goodbye in your own way. I can’t imagine a world without you in it. I pray you find peace in the next life. I send my love to your wife and children, friends and family.

Thank you for allowing me to be part of your life.

With all my love.

Your friend,

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Bennington was found dead Thursday in the bedroom of his Los Angeles home. It was his housekeeper who found him just before 9 a.m. One of his bandmates arrived at Bennington’s home shortly after police. He was shocked. Linkin Park was slated to go on tour a week before Bennington apparently took his own life. He was 41 years old.

He is survived by his wife Talinda Bentley and his six children.

Bennington suffered with addiction. He opened up and his family and being a recovering alcoholic in a 2016 interview with the Las Vegas Review Journal.

“Let me give you a typical day. I’m a recovering alcoholic, that’s the first thing. I have a big family. I’ve got three kids in college, one in high school, one in fifth grade and twin girls who are 5; they are in pre-K. I have two pigmy goats, three bantam chickens, a tortoise, six dogs, two cats, fish, so I have a farm,” he said.

His wife has not yet issued a statement.

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Linkin Park bandmate Mike Shinode took to Twitter to confirm Bennington’s death Thursday. “Shocked and heartbroken, but it's true,” he said. “An official statement will come out as soon as we have one.”

Linkin Park has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. They won two Grammy Awards: one for Best Hard Rock Performance and another for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration with Jay-Z.

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