{"id":78503,"date":"2017-07-23T11:04:31","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T15:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=78503"},"modified":"2017-07-23T11:05:54","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T15:05:54","slug":"chester-bennington-linkin-park-frontman-wrote-open-letter-to-dead-chris-cornell-months-before-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=78503","title":{"rendered":"Chester Bennington, Linkin Park frontman, wrote open letter to dead Chris Cornell months before suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Suicide Letter! #ChesterBennington leading singer of Linkin Park commits suicide!<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Harriet Alexander
\nThe Telegraph<\/p>\n

L<\/span>inkin Park frontman Chester Bennington wrote an open letter to Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell, two months before he committed suicide in a similar way.<\/p>\n

Bennington was\u00a0found dead in Los Angeles on Thursday morning<\/a>, having taken his own life at the age of 41.<\/p>\n

The American singer\u00a0was a close friend of\u00a0Cornell<\/a>, who himself\u00a0committed suicide by hanging in May<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

B<\/span>ennington wrote an open letter to Cornell on the day of the Soundgarden frontman’s suicide.<\/p>\n

“I can’t imagine a world without you in it,” he wrote.<\/p>\n

“I pray you find peace in the next life.”<\/p>\n

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With all of my love @chriscornell<\/a>. pic.twitter.com\/NFz0dnxfp8<\/a><\/p>\n

— Chester Bennington (@ChesterBe) May 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n