Vocalist Chester Bennington, lead vocalist for Linkin Park and former Stone Temple Pilots vocalist, is being reported to have passed today unexpectedly.

TMZ is reporting the following:

Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington has committed suicide … TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell us the singer hanged himself at a private residence in Palos Verdes Estates in L.A. County. His body was discovered Thursday just before 9 AM.

Chester was married with 6 children from 2 wives.

The singer struggled with drugs and alcohol for years. He had said in the past he had considered committing suicide because he had been abused as a child by an older male.

Benngington was close with Chris Cornell, who only just recently died. Bennington was 41.

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