City Bennington, lead singer of shake band Linkin Park, has died older 41.
TMZ is reporting that the star was establish dead in a private residence in Palo Verdes Land Los Angeles.
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City Bennington was found dead in a backstage residence in Los Angeles
His body was disclosed this morning just beforehand 9am and it is believed that he hung himself.
The soloist is survived by his wife, Talinda Ann Bentley, and six children – Jamie, 21, Book, 19, Draven, 15, President Lee, 11, and Lily and Lily, 7.
He was antecedently married to Samantha Marie Olit from 1996 – 2005.
City, whose band Linkin Grassland spawned songs including Dull and Breaking the Habit, often convergent his lyrics on personal struggle, indentation and addiction.
The band’s persist single, Heavy, focused on the point of discussion and contained lyrics including: “I don’t passion my mind right now // Stacking up quandary that are so unnecessary // Aspiration that I could slow article down”
In the chorus, he talks most how he is dragging around issues that are delivery him down before chillingly adding: “If I dispassionate let go, I’d be set free.”
However, even-handed days before his death, he was seen in the tape studio with his bandmates and Watsky, suggesting that he was presently in the process of collaborating with him.
City was seen smiling in the studio with his stripe mates and producer Watsky good days before his death
The ring hit the limelight with their launching album Hybrid Theory in 1999, and continuing their success with the globose hit Meteora in 2003.